Varaha Purana 39.51: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 51
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
पूर्वं तु बह्वृचे दद्याच्छन्दोगे दक्षिणं तथा । यजुःशाखान्विते दद्यात् पश्चिमं घटमुत्तमम् । उत्तरं कामतो तद्यादेष एव विधिः स्मृतः ॥ ३९.५१ ॥
pūrvaṃ tu bahvṛce dadyāc chandoge dakṣiṇaṃ tathā | yajuḥśākhānvitе dadyāt paścimaṃ ghaṭam uttamam | uttaraṃ kāmato tadyād eṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ || 39.51 ||
東方の分はバフリチャ（リグ・ヴェーダの祭官）に与え、同様に南方の分はチャーンドーガ（サーマ・ヴェーダの祭官）に与えるべきである。ヤジュスの支派に属する者（ヤジュル・ヴェーダの祭官）には、西方の分として最上の水壺を与える。北方の分は望むままに与えてよい。これのみが定められた作法として記憶される。
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It preserves a dharma-style procedural note on allocating ritual gifts by direction and by the specialization of Vedic officiants (Ṛg, Sāma, Yajus), reflecting how later Purāṇic compendia systematized earlier ritual and social practices.
No specific pilgrimage site or geographic toponym is named in this verse; the spatial terms are cardinal directions used for ritual allocation (east, south, west, north).
The verse emphasizes orderly, rule-governed distribution—assigning shares or gifts appropriately to participants according to established roles—framed as a remembered and authoritative procedure (vidhi).
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