Varaha Purana 41.5: Adhyaya 41, Shloka 5
Rite of the Varāha Dvādaśī Vow and an Exemplary Narrative on Expiation for Brahmin-Slaying
सर्वज्ञायेति कण्ठं तु प्रजानां पतये शिरः । प्रद्युम्नायेति च भुजौ दिव्यास्त्राय सुदर्शनम् । अमृतोद्भवाय शङ्खं तु एष देवर्चने विधिः ॥ ४१.५ ॥
sarvajñāyeti kaṇṭhaṃ tu prajānāṃ pataye śiraḥ | pradyumnāyeti ca bhujau divyāstrāya sudarśanam | amṛtodbhavāya śaṅkhaṃ tu eṣa devārcane vidhiḥ || 41.5 ||
‘సర్వజ్ఞాయ’ అని కంఠమున, ‘ప్రజానాం పతయే’ అని శిరస్సున, ‘ప్రద్యుమ్నాయ’ అని భుజములపై; దివ్యాస్త్రమైన సుదర్శన చక్రమున, మరియు ‘అమృతోద్భవాయ’ అని శంఖమున నియాసం చేయవలెను। ఇదే దేవార్చన విధి।
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It documents a standardized devotional-ritual technique (nyāsa-like assignment of names/mantras to body parts and emblems) characteristic of later Purāṇic and Āgamic worship systems, useful for tracing the history of Vaiṣṇava liturgical practice.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; the content is procedural and iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse presents a philosophical instruction of disciplined, methodical practice in worship—emphasizing ordered attention and ritual precision rather than a moral injunction directed toward social conduct.
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