Varaha Purana 69.13: Adhyaya 69, Shloka 13
Agastya’s Vision of Varuṇa as Nārāyaṇa in Ilāvṛta
स्नानार्थं कल्पितं ब्रह्मन्निदं ते सर्वमेव तु । द्रोणीं प्रविश्य चेमां त्वं स्नातुमर्हसि सत्तम ॥ ६९.१३ ॥
snānārthaṃ kalpitaṃ brahmann idaṃ te sarvam eva tu | droṇīṃ praviśya cemāṃ tvaṃ snātum arhasi sattama || 69.13 ||
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Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)
A worthy guest (brahmin/sat-tama) is to be provided arranged facilities for purification (snāna) and respectfully invited to use them.
Proper satkāra accrues puṇya and social-religious harmony; neglect of such honor is treated in dharma literature as leading to demerit and loss of auspiciousness.
Purification is both physical and ritual; the ‘fit to bathe’ (arhasi) implies readiness/adhikāra through virtue and status.
Approach sacred acts with preparedness—clean means, proper invitation, and humility—so the rite becomes transformative.
Varāha Purāṇa: entry into droṇī and sinking event (69.69.14)
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which ritual purification (snāna) is formalized through prepared spaces and objects, illustrating how textual traditions encode ritual culture and social address (e.g., “brahman,” “sattama”).
No specific place-name is given in this isolated verse; it refers to a prepared bathing setting (droṇī) without explicit geographic identification.
The verse emphasizes orderly preparation and respectful facilitation of purification rites, framed as a culturally valued practice rather than a coercive command.
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