Varaha Purana 183.1: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 1
Installation of a Clay Icon (Mṛnmayārcā) and the Ritual Protocol of Worship
अथ मृन्मयार्चास्थापनम् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥ तिष्ठामि मृन्मयीं चापि प्रतिमां पूजनेच्छया
atha mṛnmayārcāsthāpanam || śrīvarāha uvāca || punar anyat pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare || tiṣṭhāmi mṛnmayīṃ cāpi pratimāṃ pūjanechchhayā
Kini tentang penetapan arca daripada tanah liat. Śrī Varāha bersabda: Aku akan menerangkan lagi sesuatu yang lain—dengarlah, wahai Vasundharā. Demi kehendak untuk dipuja, Aku juga bersemayam dalam pratima yang diperbuat daripada tanah liat.
Varāha
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It introduces clay-image installation, indicating the text’s attention to diverse materials and accessible forms of ritual practice in historical communities.
No geographic location is named; the addressee is Vasundharā (Earth) as a dialogic figure.
Attentive listening and orderly transmission of practice: the teacher signals a structured continuation of instruction.
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