Varaha Purana 211.97: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 97
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
Uttara Bhāga · Vaiṣṇava Pūjā Elements (Offerings and Adornment)
पुष्पैर्धूपैस्तथा दीपनैवद्यैर्विविधैरपि ॥ सम्पूज्यैवमलङ्कारैर्विविधैरुपशोभितम् ॥
puṣpair dhūpais tathā dīpanaivadyair vividhair api || sampūjyaivam alaṅkārair vividhair upaśobhitam ||
puShpairdhUpaistathA dIpanaivadyairvividhairapi || saMpUjyaivamala~NkArairvividhairupashobhitam
फूल, अगरबत्ती, दिया और खाना से भगवान की पूजा करो। फूल से लेकर अलग-अलग गहने भी उसे पहनाओ। ऐसे ही सजाके पूजा करनी है।
Sandhi Notes
- पुष्पैर्धूपैस्तथा = पुष्पैः + धूपैः + तथा
- दीपनैवद्यैर्विविधैरपि = दीप + नैवद्यैः + विविधैः + अपि (दीप-नैवेद्य-समुच्चय)
- सम्पूज्यैवम् = सम्पूज्य + एवम्
- अलङ्कारैर्विविधैरुपशोभितम् = अलङ्कारैः + विविधैः + उपशोभितम्
Varāha
Devotion is enacted through tangible offerings and beautification, transforming matter into service (seva).
Offer puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa, naivedya; keep the deity well-adorned—prioritizing cleanliness, sincerity, and regularity.
Varāha continues instructing proper pūjā procedure—how to worship and adorn Hari’s form—supporting Earth’s devotional culture.
Perform worship with flowers, incense, lamps, varied naivedya, and adorn the deity with ornaments—formalizing devotional offering as right conduct.
Such pūjā generates puṇya and devotional refinement; omission reduces the completeness/splendor of worship (explicit consequence not stated).
Varāha Purāṇa 211.211.6 (fasting with vidhi)
FAQs
It records a standardized pūjā lexicon (flowers–incense–lamp–food) useful for tracing the history of South Asian ritual material culture and liturgical formulae.
No geographic location is mentioned.
Perform worship with care and completeness, emphasizing disciplined attention to ritual offerings.
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