Varaha Purana 45.5: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 5
Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha
प्राग्वद् वस्त्रयुगच्छन्नौ सौवर्णौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । अर्चयित्वा विधानॆन प्रभाते ब्राह्मणाय तौ । दातव्यौ मनसा काममीहता पुरुषेण तु ॥ ४५.५ ॥
prāgvat vastrayugacchannau sauvarṇau rāmalakṣmaṇau | arcayitvā vidhānena prabhāte brāhmaṇāya tau | dātavyau manasā kāmam īhatā puruṣeṇa tu || 45.5 ||
முன்னர் கூறியபடி இரு ஆடைகளால் மூடப்பட்ட பொன்னான ராம-லக்ஷ்மண உருவங்களை விதிப்படி அர்ச்சித்து, விடியற்காலையில் விரும்பிய பலன் வேண்டுபவன் அவற்றை ஒரு பிராமணருக்கு தானமாக அளிக்க வேண்டும்.
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It documents a Purāṇic-era prescriptive dāna-vidhi: worship of specific iconographic forms followed by gifting to a brāhmaṇa, reflecting the textual interface between devotion, ritual economy, and merit-oriented ethics in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No geographic toponym is specified in this verse; the focus is procedural (timing, objects, recipient) rather than site-specific sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes regulated generosity: after performing worship according to established procedure, one should give the prepared objects to a qualified recipient (a brāhmaṇa), aligning personal aims with disciplined, rule-governed giving.
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