Varaha Purana 44.5: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 5
The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits
वैणवेन तु पात्रेण तस्मिन् संस्थापयेद्धरिम् । जामदग्न्येति विख्यातं नाम्ना क्लेशविनाशनम् ॥ ४४.५ ॥
vaiṇavena tu pātreṇa tasmin saṁsthāpayeddharim | jāmadagnyeti vikhyātaṁ nāmnā kleśavināśanam || 44.5 ||
फिर वैष्णव पात्र लेकर उसमे हरि को बिठाओ। उसका नाम जमदग्न्य है, जो परेशानियाँ मिटाता है। यह नाम बहुत चलता है।
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It reflects Purāṇic-era ritual vocabulary—especially the practice of saṁsthāpana (installation) and the use of sanctified ritual implements—illustrating how devotional worship was systematized in Sanskrit narrative-ritual texts.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; it focuses on ritual procedure and a sacred epithet rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined ritual conduct and the contemplative use of sacred names as a means of addressing human affliction (kleśa), framed as a philosophical-ritual method rather than coercive doctrine.
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