Varaha Purana 45.2: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 2
Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha
नमो रामाभिरामाय पादौ पूर्वं समर्चयेत् । त्रिविक्रमायेति कटिं धृतविश्वाय चोदरम् ॥ ४५.२ ॥
namo rāmābhirāmāya pādau pūrvaṃ samarcayet | trivikramāyeti kaṭiṃ dhṛtaviśvāya codaram || 45.2 ||
पहले पैर पूजो और बोलो, राम को नमन, जो सबसे प्यारे हैं। फिर कमर पूजो और बोलो, त्रिविक्रम को नमन। पेट पूजो और बोलो, पूरी दुनिया को धारण करने वाले को नमन।
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It preserves a Purāṇic-style devotional/ritual register in which divine epithets are associated with specific body-parts, reflecting the broader early-medieval Sanskrit practice of liturgical praise and iconographic mapping used in temple and domestic worship contexts.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse conveys disciplined attentiveness in worship—approaching the subject of veneration in an ordered, respectful sequence—framed as a cultural practice of reverence rather than a coercive mandate.
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