Varaha Purana 211.64: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 64
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
Uttara Bhāga · Vratācāra (procedure and merit of Ekādaśī-vrata)
अनेनैव विधानेन कुर्यादेकादशीव्रतम् ॥ तस्य पुण्यं भवेद्यत्तु तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥
anenaiva vidhānena kuryād ekādaśīvratam || tasya puṇyaṃ bhaved yat tu tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare ||
anenaiva vidhAnena kuryAdekAdashIvratam || tasya puNyaM bhavedyattu tachChRRiNuShva vasundhare
इसी तरह एकादशी का व्रत रखना है। इस व्रत से जो पुण्य मिलता है, वो सुनो।
Sandhi Notes
- अनेनैव = अनेन + एव
- कुर्यादेकादशीव्रतम् = कुर्यात् + एकादशीव्रतम्
- भवेद्यत्तु = भवेत् + यत् + तु
- तच्छृणुष्व = तत् + शृणुष्व
Varāha
Curious, expectant about the merit (puṇya)
What merit (puṇya) arises from observing Ekādaśī by this procedure?
Right procedure (vidhi) joined with faith and attentive listening (śravaṇa) generates transformative merit.
Undertake Ekādaśī with fidelity to the prescribed steps and receive/retain the teaching on its fruits.
Varāha continues instructing Vasundharā on vrata-vidhi and announces the forthcoming phala-śruti.
Observe Ekādaśī-vrata exactly by the stated method; listen to the declared merit of the observance.
Correct observance yields puṇya; implied loss of merit if procedure is not followed.
Puṇya (merit) explicitly promised; details to be elaborated in the subsequent phala narration.
Indirect: Ekādaśī is central to Vaiṣṇava devotion later prominent in Vraja/Mathurā, but no site is named.
Varāha Purāṇa: continuation into offerings, guru-pūjā, and mantra (211.72–74) as part of the same vrata-krama
FAQs
It frames Ekādaśī as a codified vrata with a defined vidhāna, indicating the systematization of devotional observances in Purāṇic literature.
None; the address “Vasundharā” identifies the interlocutor (Earth) rather than a place.
To follow a prescribed discipline (vidhāna) and to understand actions in terms of moral-spiritual consequence (puṇya).
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