Varaha Purana 6.29: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 29
The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin
अभुक्तो द्वादशीधर्मे यत् तत्रापि च कारणम् । कथयामि भवत्पत्नी नाम्ना नारायणी शुभा ॥ ६.२९ ॥
abhukto dvādaśī-dharme yat tatrāpi ca kāraṇam | kathayāmi bhavatpatnī nāmnā nārāyaṇī śubhā || 6.29 ||
ദ്വാദശീ വ്രതധർമ്മം പാലിച്ചിട്ടും അവൻ എന്തുകൊണ്ട് ആഹാരം കഴിക്കാതെ നിന്നു—അതിന്റെ കാരണവും ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു. അത് നിന്റെ ശുഭപത്നി, ‘നാരായണി’ എന്ന നാമമുള്ളവൾ.
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It reflects a Purāṇic method of embedding ritual disciplines (such as Dvādaśī observance) within narrative causality, using named figures to anchor practice in story-based transmission.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily explanatory, introducing a person (Nārāyaṇī) as the causal context.
The verse frames fasting/abstention within disciplined observance (dharma) and emphasizes that such practices are to be understood through stated reasons (kāraṇa), not merely performed mechanically.
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