Varaha Purana 48.4: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 4
The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla
एवमभ्यर्च्य मेधावी प्राग्वत् तस्याग्रतो घटम् । विन्यसेत् कल्किनं देवं सौवर्णं तत्र कारयेत् ॥ ४८.४ ॥
evam abhyarcya medhāvī prāgvat tasyāgrato ghaṭam | vinyaset kalkinaṃ devaṃ sauvarṇaṃ tatra kārayet || 48.4 ||
इस तरह पूजा करने के बाद, जो समझदार है वो पहले जैसा ही आगे एक घड़ा रखे। वहाँ कल्कि देवता की मूर्ति लगाए। उसके लिए सोने की मूर्ति भी बना ले।
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in this excerpt)
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It preserves a procedural snapshot of Purāṇic-era worship practice, including the use of a ghaṭa (ritual vessel) and commissioning of metal icons, which is relevant to the history of South Asian ritual material culture.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on ritual arrangement rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes careful, orderly performance of a prescribed ritual sequence (procedural discipline) rather than an explicit moral rule.
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