Varaha Purana 55.4: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 4
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
Pūrva Bhāga · Dāna-vidhi (Ritual Giving and Merit Practices)
तामप्येवमुषित्वा च यवान् विप्राय दापयेत् । कृष्णायेति हरिर्वाच्यो दाने होमे तथार्च्चने ॥ ५५.४ ॥
tām apy evam uṣitvā ca yavān viprāya dāpayet | kṛṣṇāyeti harir vācyo dāne home tathārcane || 55.4 ||
tAmapyevamuShitvA cha yavAn viprAya dApayet | kRRiShNAyeti harirvAchyo dAne home tathArchchane || 55.4 ||
यह व्रत ऐसे ही पूरा करो। फिर जौ किसी ब्राह्मण को दो। जब भी दान दो, होम करो या पूजा करो, हरि का नाम लो, कृष्ण के लिए।
Sandhi Notes
- तामप्येवम्→ताम् अपि एवम्
- कृष्णायेति→कृष्णाय इति
- हरिर्वाच्यो→हरिः वाच्यः
- तथार्च्चने→तथा अर्चने
Varāha
After completing the observance, what dāna should be given, and what mantra-formula should be used in dāna, homa, and arcana?
Ritual discipline is completed by generosity and God-centered intentional speech; the same Lord is the recipient across modalities (gift, fire, worship).
Conclude observances with tangible charity; keep a consistent devotional formula to unify all religious acts as offerings to Hari/Kṛṣṇa.
Yajña-logic: the vow culminates in offering (homa) and gifting (dāna), treating Hari as the inner recipient of all ritual acts—an echo of Yajña-Varāha as embodiment of sacrifice.
Functional mapping: dāna/homa/arcana as limbs of yajña directed to Hari (‘kṛṣṇāya’ as saṅkalpa-bīja).
Karma-yoga framing: actions (dāna, homa, pūjā) become liberative when offered to the Supreme (Hari/Kṛṣṇa) as īśvara-arpaṇa.
After observing, give yava (barley) to a brāhmaṇa; in dāna, homa, and arcana invoke Hari with ‘kṛṣṇāya’.
Proper dāna and correct invocation complete the rite and accrue puṇya; failure to give/incorrect mantra leaves the observance incomplete.
Completion phase following the prescribed days (Daśamī/Dvādaśī cycle implied)
Puṇya amplification and Hari’s satisfaction through dāna-homa-arcana integration.
Explicit invocation ‘kṛṣṇāya iti’ links Hari-worship to Kṛṣṇa-nāma, a thematic bridge to Mathurā/Vraja devotion though no site is named.
55.55.5 (further cycles and dāna with gold)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis of ethical charity (dāna) with standardized ritual speech-acts (mantra-like formulas), illustrating how merit-making practices were framed in late-classical Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on ritual procedure (dāna, homa, arcana) rather than sacred geography.
To perform charitable giving—specifically the donation of barley to a brāhmaṇa—while maintaining a disciplined observance and accompanying the act with a prescribed devotional invocation.
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