Varaha Purana 129.33: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 33
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
चक्रेण पातितस्यैतद्वसामांसानि किं चन ॥ ताम्रं नाम भवेदेव पवित्रीकरणं शुभम् ॥
cakreṇa pātitasyaitad vasāmāṃsāni kiṃ cana || tāmraṃ nāma bhaved eva pavitrīkaraṇaṃ śubham ||
Od tego, kogo powalił dysk, ten tłuszcz i mięso, cokolwiek by to było, staje się 'miedzią' z nazwy; zaprawdę, jest to pomyślny środek oczyszczenia.
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It preserves a material-culture motif where copper vessels are associated with purity practices; such references are useful for tracing ritual economies and metal usage in textual history.
No explicit location is named; the verse concerns material and ritual logic.
Purification is framed as a valued cultural practice, here expressed through a narrative explanation linking an event to the auspicious status of copper.
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