Varaha Purana 42.14: Adhyaya 42, Shloka 14
Ritual Procedure for the Phālguna Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Narasiṃha Worship, with the Narrative of King Vatsa
एषा धन्या पापहरा द्वादशी भवतो मुने । कथिता या प्रयत्नेन श्रुत्वा कुरु यथेप्सितम् ॥ ४२.१४ ॥
eṣā dhanyā pāpaharā dvādaśī bhavato mune | kathitā yā prayatnena śrutvā kuru yathepsitam || 42.14 ||
मुनि, यह द्वादशी बहुत अच्छी है। यह पाप मिटा देती है। मैंने तुम्हे पूरा बताया है। अब तुम जो चाहो करो।
Varāha (default instructor voice in Varāha Purāṇa dialogue framework)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic didactic closure: after describing a vrata (here, Dvādaśī), the instructor emphasizes its auspicious and expiatory value and then grants the listener agency to act, illustrating how ritual ethics were transmitted in narrative-dialogue form.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a concluding instruction within a vrata-discourse rather than a sacred-geography (tīrtha) notice.
The verse frames Dvādaśī observance as ethically remedial (pāpaharā) while underscoring informed choice: after hearing the teaching, one should undertake practice according to one’s considered intention (yathepsitam).
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