Varaha Purana 20.32: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 32
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
एतत् सर्वं द्वितीयायामश्विभ्यां ब्रह्मणा पुरा । दत्तं यस्मादतस्तेषां तिथीनामुत्तमा तिथिः ॥ २०.३२ ॥
etat sarvaṃ dvitīyāyām aśvibhyāṃ brahmaṇā purā | dattaṃ yasmād atas teṣāṃ tithīnām uttamā tithiḥ || 20.32 ||
पहले ब्रह्मा ने अश्विन भाइयों को यह सब द्वितीया तिथि पर दिया था। इसलिए अब यह तिथि सबसे खास मानी जाती है।
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of legitimizing ritual time (tithi) by linking calendrical hierarchy to an authoritative, mythic precedent (a grant by Brahmā), a common strategy in Dharma and festival traditions.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is calendrical (the second lunar day) and mythic-personal (Brahmā and the Aśvins).
The verse primarily conveys a cultural-philosophical principle of honoring established precedent in ritual practice—valuing certain times as exemplary due to their remembered association with beneficent acts.
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