Varaha Purana 61.5: Adhyaya 61, Shloka 5
The Observance for the Fulfilment of Desires: Worship of Keśava in the Form of Guha
Kumāra
अग्निकार्यं तु कुर्वीत गुहारूपेण केशवम् । पूजयित्वाभिधानॆन वर्षमेकं व्रतं चरेत् ॥ ६१.५ ॥
agnikāryaṃ tu kurvīta guharūpeṇa keśavam | pūjayitvābhidhānena varṣam ekaṃ vrataṃ caret || 61.5 ||
हवन करना है अग्नि के साथ। फिर केशव भगवान की पूजा करनी है, उनको गुहरूप नाम से बुलाना है। पूरा साल यह व्रत रखना है।
Varāha
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of domestic/temple ritual (agnikārya) with long-duration observances (vrata), illustrating how devotional practice was framed through named forms and prescribed time-cycles in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No explicit toponym appears in this verse fragment; the reference is to a named form of Keśava (“Guharūpa”), which may indicate a cultic or iconographic designation rather than a specific place.
The verse emphasizes disciplined continuity in practice—performing a prescribed rite and sustaining a year-long observance—presented as a structured regimen of conduct rather than a polemical claim.
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