Varaha Purana 62.2: Adhyaya 62, Shloka 2
Instruction on the ‘Health Vow’ and the Rite of Solar Worship
तस्यैव माघमासस्य सप्तम्यां समुपोषितः । पूजयेद् भास्करं देवं विष्णुरूपं सनातनम् ॥ ६२.२ ॥
tasyaiva māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ samupoṣitaḥ | pūjayed bhāskaraṃ devaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ sanātanam || 62.2 ||
माघ महीने की सातवीं तारीख को व्रत रखना। फिर सूर्य देव की पूजा करनी है। सूर्य देव विष्णु का रूप हैं, वो हमेशा से हैं।
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It reflects Purāṇic calendrical piety by linking a specific tithi (Saptamī) in Māgha with disciplined practice (fasting) and solar veneration, illustrating how Purāṇas systematize ritual time and devotional observance.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the reference is temporal (the month Māgha and the Saptamī tithi) rather than spatial.
The verse emphasizes self-discipline through fasting and directed reverence, presenting ritual restraint and focused worship as a normative cultural practice.
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