Varaha Purana 49.21: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 21
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
अभ्यर्च्य स्वगृहं प्रायाद् भवन्तौ रक्षपालकौ । स्थाप्य द्वावपि दीपानां ज्वलनार्थं महामते ॥ ४९.२१ ॥
abhyarcya svagṛhaṃ prāyād bhavantau rakṣapālakau | sthāpya dvāv api dīpānāṃ jvalanārthaṃ mahāmati || 49.21 ||
«ເມື່ອບູຊາຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງແລ້ວ ຄວນກັບໄປບ້ານຂອງຕົນ. ‘ພວກເຈົ້າສອງຄົນເປັນຜູ້ຍາມແລະຜູ້ປົກປ້ອງ.’ ແລະ ໂອ ຜູ້ມີປັນຍາຍິ່ງ, ຄວນຕັ້ງຕະກຽງສອງດວງເພື່ອໃຫ້ໄຟລຸກສະຫວ່າງຕໍ່ເນື່ອງ»។
Varāha (default, instructional voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)
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It reflects a Purāṇic pattern of integrating domestic ritual procedure (gṛhya-like instructions) with protective symbolism, indicating how manuscript traditions preserved practical observances alongside narrative theology.
No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the setting is domestic (svagṛha, “one’s own house”).
The verse emphasizes orderly, mindful completion of a rite—honoring protective agents and maintaining illumination (lamps) as a disciplined household practice associated with care, vigilance, and safeguarding.
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