Varaha Purana 45.3: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 3
Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha
उरः संवत्सरायेति कण्ठं संवर्त्तकाय च । सर्वास्त्रधारिणे बाहू स्वनाम्ना अब्जरथाङ्गकौ ॥ ४५.३ ॥
uraḥ saṃvatsarāyeti kaṇṭhaṃ saṃvarttakāya ca | sarvāstradhāriṇe bāhū svanāmnā ’bjarathāṅgakau || 45.3 ||
‘സംവത്സരായ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു ഉരസ്ഥലം, ‘സംവർത്തകായ’ എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു കണ്ഠം അർച്ചിക്കണം. സർവാസ്ത്രധാരികളായ രണ്ടു ഭുജങ്ങൾ തത്ത്വനാമങ്ങളാൽ ‘അബ്ജരഥ’യും ‘അംഗക’യും ആയി അർച്ചിക്കപ്പെടണം.
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It reflects a Purāṇic literary method of correlating bodily features with cosmic principles (e.g., time-cycles and dissolution), a technique used for systematizing cosmology and iconography in classical Sanskrit traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical emphasis is on perceiving ordered correspondences between the cosmos (time/dissolution) and embodied form, supporting a worldview of structured interrelation.
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