Varaha Purana 129.49: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 49
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
Uttara Bhāga · Sandhyā-mantra Instruction (Mantric Transmission)
केन मन्त्रेण वा भक्तस्तव कर्मपरायणः ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु माधवि तत्त्वेन सन्ध्यामन्त्रमनुत्तमम् ॥
kena mantreṇa vā bhaktas tava karmaparāyaṇaḥ || śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu mādhavi tattvena sandhyāmantram anuttamam
kena mantreNa vA bhaktastava karmaparAyaNaH || shrIvarAha uvAcha || shRRiNu mAdhavi tattvena sandhyAmantramanuttamam
“Atau dengan mantra apakah bhakta-Mu—yang tekun dalam pelaksanaan karma—melakukannya?” Śrī Varāha bersabda: “Dengarlah, wahai Mādhavī, menurut tattva, mantra sandhyā yang tiada bandingan.”
Varāha
Receptive, attentive, devotional
Which mantra should the devotee devoted to rites use for sandhyā?
Śravaṇa (listening) is the gateway to right practice; mantra is ‘anuttama’ when aligned with tattva and devotion.
Receive sandhyā-mantra from a trusted source; practice with bhakti and karmaparāyaṇatā (steadfastness in duty).
Varāha directly instructs Bhūmi (addressed as Mādhavī), initiating transmission of the sandhyā-mantra.
Varāha as the revealer of mantra-vidyā: the avatāra functions as Veda-protecting teacher, aligning daily ritual speech with cosmic order (ṛta).
Mantra as the ‘breath’ of yajña; Varāha’s instruction frames sandhyā as a micro-yajña offered to the divine Sun/Nārāyaṇa principle.
Nāma-mantra and upāsanā purify antaḥkaraṇa; daily repetition supports smṛti of the Supreme as inner controller (antaryāmin).
Sandhyā is to be performed with the proper mantra as taught in tattva-based instruction within authorized transmission.
Correct mantra-use yields efficacy and merit; incorrect/omitted mantra weakens the rite’s fruit and the practitioner’s ritual integrity.
Varāha Purāṇa 129.55–57 (procedure and phala)
FAQs
It indicates the Purāṇic integration of mantra-teaching with ritual procedure, showing how doctrinal ‘tattva’ framing accompanies practical instructions.
None; the verse introduces a mantra rather than a place-based narrative.
The verse emphasizes attentive listening and principled transmission of practice, linking ritual action to a broader conceptual framework (tattva).
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