Varaha Purana 46.4: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 4
The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation
एवमभ्यर्च्य मेधावी प्राग्वत्तस्याग्रतो घटम् । विन्यस्य वस्त्रसंयुक्तं तस्योपरि ततो न्यसेत् । काञ्चनं वासुदेवं तु चतुर्व्यूहं सनातनम् ॥ ४६.४ ॥
evam abhyarcya medhāvī prāgvat tasyāgrato ghaṭam | vinyasya vastrasaṃyuktaṃ tasyopari tato nyaset | kāñcanaṃ vāsudevaṃ tu caturvyūhaṃ sanātanam || 46.4 ||
Tendo assim realizado o culto, o praticante discernente deve, conforme prescrito anteriormente, colocar à frente um vaso de água; tendo-o disposto juntamente com um pano, deve então colocar sobre ele um Vāsudeva de ouro—o ícone da eterna manifestação quádrupla (caturvyūha).
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It preserves a procedural snapshot of Purāṇic-era devotional practice, documenting how ritual objects (ghaṭa, cloth, metal icon) are arranged and how theological concepts (caturvyūha) are embedded in liturgical instructions.
No explicit geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a ritual-instruction passage rather than a sacred-geography reference.
The verse emphasizes disciplined attentiveness and correct ritual sequencing—an ethic of careful practice and respect for cultural-ritual protocols—rather than a direct moral injunction.
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