Varaha Purana 41.4: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 4
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
ॐ वाराहायेति पादौ तु माधवायेति वै कटिम् । क्षेत्रज्ञायेति जठरं विश्वरूपेत्युरो हरेः ॥ ४१.४ ॥
oṁ vārāhāyeti pādau tu mādhavāyeti vai kaṭim | kṣetrajñāyeti jaṭharaṁ viśvarūpety uro hareḥ || 41.4 ||
ॐ वराहाय बोलके चरणों को टच करो। माधवाय बोलके कमर को। क्षेत्रज्ञाय बोलके पेट को। विश्वरूप बोलके छाती को। यह हरि के शरीर के लिए है।
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a Purāṇic witness to mantra-ritual technique (aṅga-nyāsa), where divine epithets are systematically associated with body parts—useful for tracing the diffusion of Vaiṣṇava ritual vocabulary and embodied recitation practices.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ritual-physiological (body-part assignment) rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined, mindful practice—structuring recitation with bodily awareness—presented as a method of internalization rather than a prescriptive social ethic.
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