Varaha Purana 40.4: Adhyaya 40, Shloka 4
Ritual Procedure for the Kūrma Dvādaśī Observance
ॐकूर्माय पादौ प्रथमं प्रपूज्य नारायणेत्य् हरेः कटिं च । संकर्षणायेत्युदरं विशोकेत्युरोभवायेत्य् तथैव कण्ठम् । सुबाहवेतेव भुजौ शिरश्च नमो विशालाय रथाङ्गसारम् ॥ ४०.४ ॥
oṃkūrmāya pādau prathamaṃ prapūjya nārāyaṇety hareḥ kaṭiṃ ca | saṅkarṣaṇāyety udaraṃ viśokety urobhavāyety tathaiva kaṇṭham | subāhav etyeva bhujau śiraś ca namo viśālāya rathāṅgasāram || 40.4 ||
“ഓം കൂർമായ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ആദ്യം പാദങ്ങൾ പൂജിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് “നാരായണ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ഹരിയുടെ കടിയെ; “സങ്കർഷണായ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ഉദരം, “വിശോകായ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് വക്ഷസ്ഥലം, “ഉരോഭവായ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് കണ്ഠം; പിന്നെ “സുബാഹവേ” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞ് ഭുജങ്ങളും ശിരസ്സും പൂജിക്കണം. രഥാംഗസാരനായ വിശാലനു നമസ്കാരം.
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It preserves a ritual-technical sequence resembling aṅga-nyāsa, mapping divine names onto body parts; such passages are important evidence for the integration of mantra practice and Purāṇic Vaiṣṇava theology in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage site is named in this verse; the content is primarily liturgical and theological rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined reverence and mindful practice—an ethic of attentiveness and ordered ritual action—rather than a direct social or environmental injunction.
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