Varaha Purana 42.2: Adhyaya 42, Shloka 2
Ritual Procedure for the Phālguna Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Narasiṃha Worship, with the Narrative of King Vatsa
नरसिंहाय पादौ तु गोविन्दायेत्युरू तथा । कटिं विश्वभुजे पूज्य अनिरुद्धेत्युरस्तथा ॥ ४२.२ ॥
narasiṁhāya pādau tu govindāyety-urū tathā | kaṭiṁ viśvabhuje pūjya aniruddhety-uras tathā || 42.2 ||
Hendaklah ditetapkan kedua-dua kaki kepada Narasiṁha; demikian juga kedua-dua paha dengan lafaz “kepada Govinda”. Pinggang hendaklah dihormati sebagai milik Viśvabhuja; dan dada pula dengan lafaz “kepada Aniruddha”.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in the fragment)
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It documents a ritual-technical practice (aṅga-nyāsa/mental placement of divine names on body parts) that reflects the integration of Vaiṣṇava theology with embodied liturgical discipline in Purāṇic transmission.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily ritual and iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse emphasizes disciplined, respectful ritual attention—revering the body as a structured locus for contemplative practice through orderly invocation of divine epithets.
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