Varaha Purana 211.48: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 48
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
एकभक्तेन दानेन कर्तव्यं द्वादशीव्रतम् ॥ न करोति यदा भूमे व्रतं वा दानमेव वा
ekabhaktena dānena kartavyaṁ dvādaśīvratam || na karoti yadā bhūme vrataṁ vā dānam eva vā
द्वादशी का व्रत एक बार खाना खाके करना चाहिए और दान भी देना चाहिए। हे धरती, जब कोई न तो व्रत करता है ना ही दान देता है।
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It pairs ascetic restraint (limited eating) with social ethics (dāna), a characteristic Purāṇic synthesis that links personal discipline to communal responsibility.
No location is identified; the address “bhūme” is to the personified Earth as interlocutor.
Observe Dvādāśī with moderated consumption and charitable giving, treating ritual practice and social generosity as complementary.
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