Srimad Bhagavatam — Tritiya Skandha, Shloka 38
Varāha-avatāra: The Boar Incarnation Lifts the Earth and Slays Hiraṇyākṣa
सोमस्तु रेत: सवनान्यवस्थिति: संस्थाविभेदास्तव देव धातव: । सत्राणि सर्वाणि शरीरसन्धि- स्त्वं सर्वयज्ञक्रतुरिष्टिबन्धन: ॥ ३८ ॥
somas tu retaḥ savanāny avasthitiḥ saṁsthā-vibhedās tava deva dhātavaḥ satrāṇi sarvāṇi śarīra-sandhis tvaṁ sarva-yajña-kratur iṣṭi-bandhanaḥ
हे देवा! तुझे रेत म्हणजे सोम-यज्ञ; प्रातःसवनाची कर्मे ही तुझी वाढ आहे. तुझी त्वचा व स्पर्शसंवेदना अग्निष्टोम यज्ञातील धातू आहेत; तुझ्या देहसंधी बारादिवसी सत्रांच्या विविध संस्थांचा संकेत आहेत. म्हणून तूच सर्व यज्ञांचा विषय आणि यज्ञांनीच बांधला जाणारा आहेस।
There are seven kinds of routine yajñas performed by all followers of the Vedic rituals, and they are called agniṣṭoma, atyagniṣṭoma, uktha, ṣoḍaśī, vājapeya, atirātra and āptoryāma. Anyone performing such yajñas regularly is supposed to be situated with the Lord. But anyone who is in contact with the Supreme Lord by discharging devotional service is understood to have performed all different varieties of yajñas.
FAQs
It teaches that all yajnas and ritual components ultimately rest in the Lord—He is the sacrifice itself, its parts, and the power that binds the offering to its spiritual result.
Because Varaha is Vishnu, the supreme foundation of the Vedas; Brahma glorifies Him by showing that the entire sacrificial system and cosmic order are expressions of the Lord’s own universal form.
See worship as God-centered rather than merely ritual-centered: offer one’s actions as service to the Lord, understanding that the true “connector” of any practice is sincere devotion.