Varaha Purana 39.34: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 34
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
आनीय मृत्तिकां शुद्धां मन्त्रेणानेन मानवः । धारणं पोषणं त्वत्तो भूतानां देवि सर्वदा । तेन सत्येन मे पापं यावन्मोचय सुव्रते ॥ ३९.३४ ॥
ānīya mṛttikāṃ śuddhāṃ mantreṇānena mānavaḥ | dhāraṇaṃ poṣaṇaṃ tvatto bhūtānāṃ devi sarvadā | tena satyena me pāpaṃ yāvanmocaya suvrate || 39.34 ||
शुद्धां मृत्तिकामानीय अनेन मन्त्रेण मानवः वदेत्— ‘देवि, भूतानां धारणं पोषणं च त्वत्तः सर्वदा; तेन सत्येन, सुव्रते, मे पापं यावन्मोचय’ ॥
Mānava (ritual speaker addressing Devī/Pṛthivī)
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It preserves a ritual formula linking purification practices (use of mṛttikā, “earth/clay”) with a moral claim grounded in ‘truth’ (satya), reflecting Purāṇic integration of ritual, ethics, and cosmological personification of Earth.
No specific place-name appears in this verse; the address is to Devī as the universal Earth principle rather than a localized tīrtha.
The verse frames moral purification as grounded in acknowledging Earth’s sustaining role (dhāraṇa, poṣaṇa) and appealing to truth (satya) as the basis for removing impurity or wrongdoing.
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