Vamana Purana — Akhanda Ekadashi Vrata, Shloka 18
Akhaṇḍa-Ekādaśī Vrata and the Vaiṣṇava Protective Hymn; Prelude to the Kātyāyanī–Mahiṣāsura Narrative
पूजयेताथ कुसुमैः पादादारभ्य केशवम् धूपयेद् विविधं धूपं येन स्याद् वत्सरं परम्
pūjayetātha kusumaiḥ pādādārabhya keśavam dhūpayed vividhaṃ dhūpaṃ yena syād vatsaraṃ param
Então deve-se adorar Keśava com flores, começando por Seus pés; e deve-se oferecer incenso de várias espécies, pelo qual se alcança o mérito supremo de um ano.
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FAQs
Devotion is taught as embodied reverence: beginning worship at the deity’s feet cultivates humility, while sensory offerings (flowers, incense) are disciplined into sacred acts rather than mere pleasure.
This is ritual-bhakti instruction (pūjā-vidhi), part of the Purāṇa’s dharma teaching, not a genealogical/cosmogonic pañcalakṣaṇa segment.
‘Beginning from the feet’ encodes surrender (śaraṇāgati). Incense (dhūpa) signifies the offering of one’s inner ‘fragrance’—intention and attention—rising upward, sanctifying the worshipper’s environment and mind.