Varaha Purana 191.3: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 3
Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation
ममैवानुग्रहार्थाय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि ॥ कीदृशो मधुपर्कश्च किं पुण्यं का च देवता
mamaivānugrahārthāya rahasyaṃ vaktum arhasi || kīdṛśo madhuparkaś ca kiṃ puṇyaṃ kā ca devatā
ममैवानुग्रहार्थाय रहस्यं वक्तुमर्हसि। कीदृशो मधुपर्कः, किं पुण्यं, का च देवता (तत्र सम्बद्धा) इति।
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
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It frames madhuparka as a codified hospitality-ritual with defined components, merit, and deity linkage—typical of late Vedic/Smṛti continuities refracted through Purāṇic narration.
No geographic location is identified.
Hospitality and gifting practices are treated as ethically meaningful acts whose forms and intentions warrant careful specification.
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