Varaha Purana 39.74: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 74
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
अदीक्षिताय नो देयं विधानं नास्तिकाय च । देवब्रह्मद्विषे वापि न श्राव्यं तु कदाचन । गुरुभक्ताय दातव्यं सद्यः पापप्रणाशनम् ॥ ३९.७४ ॥
adīkṣitāya no deyaṃ vidhānaṃ nāstikāya ca | devabrahmadviṣe vāpi na śrāvyaṃ tu kadācana | gurubhaktāya dātavyaṃ sadyaḥ pāpapraṇāśanam || 39.74 ||
ದೀಕ್ಷೆ ಇಲ್ಲದವರಿಗೆ ಈ ವಿಧಾನವನ್ನು ಕೊಡಬಾರದು; ನಾಸ್ತಿಕನಿಗೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ದೇವರುಗಳನ್ನೂ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರನ್ನೂ ದ್ವೇಷಿಸುವವರಿಗೆ ಇದನ್ನು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಶ್ರವಣಗೊಳಿಸಬಾರದು. ಗುರುಭಕ್ತನಿಗೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕೊಡಬೇಕು; ಇದು ತಕ್ಷಣ ಪಾಪನಾಶಕ।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharma-śāstra concern with controlled transmission of ritual knowledge, emphasizing initiation, ethical disposition, and teacher–student qualifications in premodern South Asian textual culture.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content concerns eligibility and ethics of instruction rather than sacred geography.
Ritual teachings are to be restricted to qualified recipients—especially those initiated and devoted to the teacher—and not shared with those deemed unreliable or hostile, framing knowledge transmission as an ethical responsibility.
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