Varaha Purana 19.7: Adhyaya 19, Shloka 7
The Glory of Lunar Days: The Pratipadā Observance and the Merit of Hearing Agni’s Origin
यश्चोपवासं कुर्वीत त्वद्भक्तः प्रतिपद्दिने । क्षीराशनो वा वर्त्तेत शृणु तस्य फलं महत् ॥ १९.७ ॥
yaś copavāsaṃ kurvīta tvadbhaktaḥ pratipaddine | kṣīrāśano vā vartteta śṛṇu tasya phalaṃ mahat || 19.7 ||
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It reflects a common Purāṇic genre of vrata-instructions, where calendrical days (tithi) and regulated diet (e.g., milk-only) are presented as disciplined practices with described outcomes, illustrating the didactic and normative role of Purāṇic literature in premodern South Asia.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the reference is calendrical (Pratipadā, the first lunar day).
The verse foregrounds self-restraint and disciplined observance (fasting or milk-only subsistence) framed as an ethically meaningful practice, with the speaker preparing to state its consequential ‘fruit’ (phala).
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