Varaha Purana 54.19: Adhyaya 54, Shloka 19
Nārada’s Teaching on a Viṣṇu-Vrata for Securing a Husband
Narrative of the Apsarases
ब्राह्मणांश्च तथा पूज्य व्रतमेतत् समापयेत् । एवं कृते तथा विष्णुर्भर्त्ता वो भविता ध्रुवम् ॥ ५४.१९ ॥
brāhmaṇāṁś ca tathā pūjya vratam etat samāpayet | evaṁ kṛte tathā viṣṇur bhartā vo bhavitā dhruvam || 54.19 ||
ब्राह्मणों की पूजा करो और फिर यह व्रत पूरा करो। ऐसा करने से विष्णु तुम्हारा रक्षक बन जाएगा, यह पक्का है।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ritual pattern: a vow (vrata) is completed by formal closure and social-ritual acknowledgment of learned custodians (brāhmaṇas), indicating how textual piety and community institutions were linked in classical religious culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as a procedural conclusion to a ritual observance rather than a sacred-geography passage.
To complete a vowed practice properly—specifically by honoring brāhmaṇas—and to frame the observance as oriented toward moral-ritual integrity, with the stated outcome of assured protection (bhartṛtva) attributed to Viṣṇu.
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