Varaha Purana 28.39: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 39
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
यश्च सायं तथा प्रातरिदं स्तोत्रं पठिष्यति । त्वयेरितं महादेव तस्य देव्याः समं भवान् ॥ २८.३९ ॥
yaś ca sāyaṁ tathā prātar idaṁ stotraṁ paṭhiṣyati | tvayeritaṁ mahādeva tasya devyāḥ samaṁ bhavān || 28.39 ||
जो संध्याकाळी तसेच सकाळी हे स्तोत्र पठण करील—हे महादेव, तुमच्या वचनाप्रमाणे—त्याच्याजवळ तुम्ही देवीसह सन्निध राहाल.
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature—phala-śruti—where a text frames the cultural practice of regular hymn recitation (morning/evening) and associates it with divine proximity, reflecting the social transmission of liturgy in medieval Sanskrit traditions.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on temporal discipline (evening and morning) and the stated result of recitation.
The verse promotes disciplined, regular practice (reciting a hymn at set times) and presents it as a culturally valued mode of cultivating remembrance and alignment with revered figures, expressed through the motif of divine presence.
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