The Procedure for the Dharaṇī Vow
Kārtika Dvādaśī Observance
जगद्ग्रसिष्णवे पूज्य उदरं दिव्यमूर्तये । कटिं सहस्रपादाय पादौ देवस्य पूजयेत् ॥ ५०.७ ॥
jagadgrasiṣṇave pūjya udaraṃ divyamūrtaye | kaṭiṃ sahasrapādāya pādau devasya pūjayet || 50.7 ||
भगवान की पूजा ऐसे करनी चाहिए। जो पूरा संसार को अपने अंदर ले ले, उसकी पेट की पूजा करो। जो दिव्य रूप वाले हैं, उनकी कमर की पूजा करो। और जो सहस्त्र पाद कहते हैं, उनके चरण की पूजा करो।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
It reflects a documented Purāṇic ritual idiom in which divine attributes are mapped onto bodily ‘limbs’ (aṅgas), offering evidence for the development of iconographic and liturgical systems in early-medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual-iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse presents a philosophical instruction of contemplative reverence: the worshipper is guided to recognize cosmic-scale qualities (encompassing the universe, divine embodiment, vast stride) through a structured, non-sectarian ritual attention to the deity’s form.
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