Varaha Purana 129.35: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 35
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
निवेदिते परा प्रीतिर्भवत्वेतन्मनोगतम् ॥ प्रसन्नो यदि मे देव ह्येष मे दीयतां वरः ॥
nivedite parā prītir bhavatv etan manogatam || prasanno yadi me deva hy eṣa me dīyatāṃ varaḥ ||
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Guḍākeśa (devotee figure in the passage)
May my offering bring supreme satisfaction; if you are pleased, grant me this boon.
The devotee seeks divine pleasure (prīti) as the true completion of offering; boon depends on the deity’s prasāda.
Offer with the intention of pleasing the deity rather than mere transaction; articulate a dharmic wish after offering.
Varāha Purāṇa 129.39 (Varāha’s assent); Varāha Purāṇa 129.41 (Varāha’s statement of satisfaction)
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It demonstrates the formal rhetoric of offering and boon-request, a stable literary feature across Purāṇic and epic narrative traditions.
None; the verse is procedural and dialogic rather than geographic.
The verse emphasizes intentional clarity—articulating what is 'in the mind'—and framing requests within an offering-based exchange.
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