Varaha Purana 20.30: Adhyaya 20, Shloka 30
The Birth of the Aśvins: Solar Lineage, Saṃjñā and Chāyā, and the Granting of a Hymn and Boons
अश्विनावूचतुः । आवयोऱ्यज्ञभागं तु देहि देव प्रजापते । सोमपत्वं च देवानां सामान्यत्वं च शाश्वतम् ॥ २०.३० ॥
aśvināv ūcatuḥ | āvayor yajñabhāgaṃ tu dehi deva prajāpate | somapatvaṃ ca devānāṃ sāmānyatvaṃ ca śāśvatam || 20.30 ||
അശ്വിനികൾ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ ദേവ പ്രജാപതേ! ഞങ്ങൾക്ക് യാഗത്തിലെ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഭാഗം തരണമേ; ദേവന്മാരിൽ സോമപാനാവകാശവും ശാശ്വത സമസ്ഥാനവും കൂടി അനുഗ്രഹിക്കണമേ।
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It reflects a recurring Indic literary motif in which deities negotiate ritual entitlements (yajña-bhāga) and access to Soma, preserving memory of older Vedic sacrificial frameworks within later Purāṇic narration.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and institutional (shares in sacrifice and Soma participation).
The verse foregrounds the principle of recognized participation and equitable standing within a collective order—here expressed as a request for an enduring ‘common status’ (sāmānyatva) alongside formal ritual rights.
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