Varaha Purana 49.14: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 14
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
चतुर्थे दिवसे हस्तावुत्क्षिप्य पुनरब्रवीत् । साधु साधु जगन्नाथ स्त्री शूद्राः साधु साध्विति । द्विजाः साधु नृपाः साधु वैश्याः साधु पुनः पुनः ॥ ४९.१४ ॥
caturthe divase hastāv utkṣipya punar abravīt | sādhu sādhu jagannātha strī śūdrāḥ sādhu sādhv iti | dvijāḥ sādhu nṛpāḥ sādhu vaiśyāḥ sādhu punaḥ punaḥ || 49.14 ||
第四日、彼は両手を挙げて再び言った。「善いかな、善いかな、世の主ジャガンナータよ！『善いかな』—女人とシュードラは唱え、『善いかな』—二度生まれの者は唱え、『善いかな』—王たちは唱え、『善いかな』—ヴァイシャもまた幾度となく唱える。」
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicitly named in the excerpt)
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It reflects a Purāṇic rhetorical style in which multiple social groups are listed to convey broad communal participation in public acclamation, offering data for historians of Sanskrit literature on how social categories are represented in narrative praise-scenes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is focused on acclamation and social grouping rather than sacred geography.
Rather than a direct command, the verse models a public affirmation of what is considered laudable (sādhu), presenting a culturally framed ideal of collective approval across societal categories.
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