Varaha Purana 129.39: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 39
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
Pūrva Bhāga · Vrata Calendar (Vaiśākha śukla-dvādaśī; divine sanction)
वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादशी ॥ मम तेजोमयं चक्रं त्वां वधिष्यत्यसंशयम् ॥
vaiśākhasya tu māsasya śukla-pakṣe tu dvādaśī || mama tejo-mayaṃ cakraṃ tvāṃ vadhiṣyaty asaṃśayam ||
vaishAkhasya tu mAsasya shuklapakShe tu dvAdashI || mama tejomayaM chakraM tvAM vadhiShyatyasaMshayam
Pada hari Dvādaśī dalam paruh terang bulan bagi bulan Vaiśākha, cakraku yang tersusun daripada sinar akan menewaskanmu tanpa syak.
Varāha
Alert/concerned
Why is Vaiśākha-śukla-dvādaśī singled out, and what is the salvific/disciplinary meaning of the Lord’s tejo-maya cakra acting on a being?
Kāla is not neutral: sacred time, met with devotion, becomes the channel for grace that resolves karma decisively.
Keep Viṣṇu-dvādaśī with fasting/pujā/japa and moral restraint; cultivate readiness so that life’s end (or turning point) becomes union with Viṣṇu rather than fear.
The tejo-maya cakra is the Lord’s luminous will: time, karma-phala, and purification condensed into a single radiant instrument; calendrical precision shows kāla as Viṣṇu’s body/agency.
Cakra as blazing solar-fire of yajña that ‘consumes’ impurity; dvādaśī as a ritual hinge-day where Viṣṇu’s presence is intensified, making the cakra’s radiance the sacrificial flame of transformation.
Liberation can occur through Īśvara-anugraha when the jīva is ripe; the ‘strike’ symbolizes cutting avidyā/karma by divine knowledge-power (tejas) rather than mere violence.
A fixed calendrical moment (Vaiśākha bright Dvādaśī) is declared as the decisive time when the Lord’s radiant cakra executes divine judgment/fulfillment, implying strict observance of vrata-kāla and readiness through discipline.
Observing the prescribed time with purity and devotion leads to the intended divine outcome (release/attainment); negligence of vrata-kāla and conduct leads to loss of fruit and continued bondage.
Vaiśākha-śukla-dvādaśī (Viṣṇu-dvādaśī) observance oriented to Sudarśana/Viṣṇu
Decisive divine intervention culminating in liberation/entry to Viṣṇu’s realm (here framed as being ‘struck’ by the tejo-maya cakra—death as release when devotion is perfected).
129.42.0 (cakra seen with solar alignment); 129.44.0 (promise of reaching the Lord’s world); 129.46.0 (daily auspicious acts and tapas leading up to dvādaśī)
FAQs
It preserves a calendrical marker (Vaiśākha, śukla-dvādaśī) used in vrata traditions and demonstrates how Purāṇas encode ritual time.
No geographic location appears; the verse is structured around ritual time (lunar calendrics).
Ritual timekeeping and accountability are emphasized: actions and vows are portrayed as having definite consequences at appointed times.
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