Varaha Purana 55.2: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 2
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
मार्गशीर्षेऽथ मासे तु प्रथमह्नात् समारभेत् । एकभक्तं सिते पक्षे यावत् स्याद् दशमी तिथिः ॥ ५५.२ ॥
mārgaśīrṣe ’tha māse tu prathamāhnāt samārabhet | ekabhaktaṃ site pakṣe yāvat syād daśamī tithiḥ || 55.2 ||
मार्गशीर्षमासे तु प्रथमह्नात् समारभेत्; सितपक्षे एकभक्तं कुर्यात्, यावत् दशमी तिथिः स्यात्।
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic integration of calendrical time (tithi and pakṣa) with regulated dietary discipline, a common feature in late-classical South Asian vrata literature and Dharma-śāstra-adjacent practice.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily a time-based (month/fortnight/tithi) instruction.
A principle of restraint and intentional regulation of consumption—maintaining a once-daily meal (ekabhakta) during the bright fortnight until Daśamī.
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