Varaha Purana 49.26: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 26
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
कृते संवत्सरे भक्तिं हरेः कृत्वा विचक्षणः । संवत्सरार्धं त्रेतायां सममेतन्न संशयः ॥ ४९.२६ ॥
kṛte saṃvatsare bhaktiṃ hareḥ kṛtvā vicakṣaṇaḥ | saṃvatsarārdhaṃ tretāyāṃ samam etan na saṃśayaḥ || 49.26 ||
விவேகமுள்ளவர் க்ருதயுகத்தில் ஒரு ஆண்டு ஹரிபக்தி செய்தால் கிடைக்கும் பலன், திரேதாயுகத்தில் அரை ஆண்டுப் பக்தியால் அதேபோல் கிடைக்கும்—சந்தேகமில்லை।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic and Dharma-śāstric motif: the comparative potency of spiritual practice across the yugas, illustrating how later ages are often portrayed as requiring different durations or intensities of practice to reach comparable outcomes.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is temporal (Kṛta and Tretā yugas) rather than spatial.
The verse promotes disciplined devotion (bhakti) and discernment (vicakṣaṇa) by emphasizing sustained practice and framing it within a yuga-based ethical-temporal model of effort and result.
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