Varaha Purana 40.7: Adhyaya 40, Shloka 7
Ritual Procedure for the Kūrma Dvādaśī Observance
श्वो ब्राह्मणान् भोज्य सदक्षिणांश्च यथाशक्त्या प्रीणयेद् देवदेवम् । नारायणं कूर्मरूपेण पश्चाद् तथा स्वयं भुञ्जीत सभृत्यवर्गः ॥ ४०.७ ॥
śvo brāhmaṇān bhojya sadakṣiṇāṁś ca yathāśaktyā prīṇayed devadevam | nārāyaṇaṁ kūrmarūpeṇa paścād tathā svayaṁ bhuñjīta sabhṛtyavargaḥ || 40.7 ||
No dia seguinte, após alimentar os brāhmaṇas e também lhes conceder a dakṣiṇā (honorário ritual) conforme a própria capacidade, assim se satisfaz o Deus dos deuses. Depois, contemplando Nārāyaṇa na forma de Kūrma (a Tartaruga), deve-se então comer, juntamente com os servos e o grupo doméstico.
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It reflects a Purāṇic dharma-oriented template for post-ritual conduct: hospitality to learned recipients (brāhmaṇas), gifting (dakṣiṇā) scaled to capacity, and regulated household consumption—elements widely attested in medieval Sanskrit normative literature.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on household-ritual procedure and ethical distribution of food and gifts.
To prioritize charitable hospitality—feeding qualified recipients and giving dakṣiṇā according to one’s means—before partaking of one’s own meal, framed as an act that ‘gratifies’ the divine.
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