Varaha Purana 49.2: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 2
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
Pūrva Bhāga · Pūjā-vidhi / Aṅga-nyāsa style devotional mapping of divine epithets
पद्मनाभाय पादौ तु कटिं वै पद्मयोनये । उदरं सर्वदेवाय पुष्कराक्षाय वै उरः । अव्ययाय तथा पाणिं प्राग्वदस्त्राणि पूजयेत् ॥ ४९.२ ॥
padmanābhāya pādau tu kaṭiṃ vai padmayonaye | udaraṃ sarvadevāya puṣkarākṣāya vai uraḥ | avyayāya tathā pāṇiṃ prāgvad astrāṇi pūjayet || 49.2 ||
padmanAbhAya pAdau tu kaTiM vai padmayonaye | udaraM sarvadevAya puShkarAkShAya vai uraH | avyayAya tathA pANiM prAgvadastrANi pUjayet || 49.2 ||
Hendaknya menempatkan (nyāsa) kaki bagi Padmanābha, pinggang bagi Padmayoni, perut bagi Sarvadeva, dan dada bagi Puṣkarākṣa; demikian pula tangan bagi Avyaya. Seperti telah disebutkan, pujalah astra-mantra yang terkait.
Sandhi Notes
- prāgvad astrāṇi → prāgvad-astrāṇi (padānta d + a sandhi)
- uraḥ is accusative singular of neuter uras with visarga at pause
Varāha
Names (nāma) and forms (rūpa) are not mere labels; they are functional ‘stations’ of divine power, installed through disciplined attention.
In pūjā, proceed systematically—assign epithets to limbs, then complete protection by astra-pūjā; maintain mental visualization matching the assignments.
The deity’s body is mapped as a cosmos/ritual-field through nyāsa: divine epithets inhabit limbs, reflecting the Purāṇic-Vedāntic idea that the Lord’s form is the support (adhiṣṭhāna) of all deities and functions.
‘astra-pūjā’ mirrors safeguarding the rite as in śrauta protection rites.
Viṣṇu as sarvādhāra (support of all) and sarvadeva (all-gods-in-one) is enacted ritually; nyāsa externalizes the non-dual intuition that names/powers resolve into one Lord.
Perform aṅga-nyāsa/limb-assignment to Viṣṇu’s epithets (Padmanābha, Padmayoni, Sarvadeva, Puṣkarākṣa, Avyaya) and worship the associated astras as prescribed.
Correct nyāsa and astra-pūjā stabilize mantra-siddhi and ritual completeness; omission is treated as defective worship (hīna-pūjā) with reduced fruit.
49.49.1 (Padmanābha worship on Dvādaśī with saṅkalpa)
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It preserves a technical snapshot of Purāṇic ritual vocabulary—divine epithets, bodily loci (aṅga), and the worship of astras—useful for comparing later Vaiṣṇava pūjā manuals and mantra-prayoga traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual-technical rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined, methodical practice—performing worship with ordered attention to prescribed correspondences rather than improvisation.
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