Varaha Purana 64.3: Adhyaya 64, Shloka 3
Procedure for the Vow that Cultivates Valor
Durgā Navamī Observance
नवम्यां पारयेत् पिष्टं प्रथमं भक्तितो नृप । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयेद् भक्त्या देवीं चैव तु पूजयेत् । दुर्गां देवीं महाभागां महामायां महाप्रभाम् ॥ ६४.३ ॥
navamyāṃ pārayet piṣṭaṃ prathamaṃ bhaktito nṛpa | brāhmaṇān bhojayed bhaktyā devīṃ caiva tu pūjayet | durgāṃ devīṃ mahābhāgāṃ mahāmāyāṃ mahāprabhām || 64.3 ||
Pada hari Navamī, wahai raja, hendaklah terlebih dahulu menyempurnakan (menutup) amalan dengan persembahan piṣṭa dengan penuh bhakti; hendaklah memberi jamuan kepada para brāhmaṇa dengan bhakti dan juga memuja Dewi—Durgā, yang mulia dan berbahagia, Mahāmāyā (Ilusi Agung), Mahāprabhā (Cahaya Agung).
Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It preserves a Purāṇic template of domestic/public observance: concluding a vrata/fast, feeding learned recipients, and formal worship—useful for reconstructing medieval ritual culture and its ethical emphasis on hospitality.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; it is procedural (vrata-vidhi) rather than a tīrtha/geography reference.
The verse foregrounds devotional intentionality and social generosity—feeding others (here, brāhmaṇas) alongside worship—presented as an integral component of the observance.
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