Varaha Purana 44.2: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 2
The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits
तत्राराध्य हरिं भक्त्या एभिर्मन्त्रैर्विचक्षणः । जामदग्न्याय पादौ तु उदरं सर्वधारिणे । मधुसूदनायेति कटिमुरः श्रीवत्सधारिणे ॥ ४४.२ ॥
tatrārādhya hariṃ bhaktyā ebhir mantrair vicakṣaṇaḥ | jāmadagnyāya pādau tu udaraṃ sarvadhāriṇe | madhusūdanāyeti kaṭim uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe || 44.2 ||
Ali, o praticante discernente deve adorar Hari com devoção por meio destes mantras: recitando “a Jāmadagnya” para os pés; “ao Sustentador de tudo” para o ventre; e “a Madhusūdana” para a cintura e o peito—Ele que porta o sinal de Śrīvatsa.
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It documents a Purāṇic-style ritual sequence where divine epithets are applied to specific body-parts, reflecting the wider South Asian manuscript tradition of mantra-vidhi and devotional liturgy.
No specific geographic or pilgrimage location is named in this verse; it focuses on a liturgical procedure rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined, competent practice (vicakṣaṇaḥ) and devotion (bhakti) as guiding principles for ritual engagement, presented as cultural-philosophical instruction rather than coercive doctrine.
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