Varaha Purana 128.4: Adhyaya 128, Shloka 4
Rites for the comb, collyrium, and mirror; initiations for the four social orders; and the Gaṇāntikā vow/insignia
पालाशं दण्डकाष्ठं च दीक्षायां न तु कारयेत्॥ छागस्य चैव कृष्णस्य चर्म तत्र प्रदापयेत्॥
pālāśaṃ daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ ca dīkṣāyāṃ na tu kārayet | chāgasya caiva kṛṣṇasya carma tatra pradāpayet ||
ในพิธีทีกษา ไม่พึงทำไม้เท้าจากไม้ปาลาศะ แต่ ณ ที่นั้นพึงถวายหนังแพะ และหนังแพะสีดำด้วย
Varāha
FAQs
It provides data for reconstructing ritual material standards (woods/skins), useful for comparative study with Dharmaśāstra and later ritual handbooks.
No place-name is given.
The instruction is procedural: adherence to prescribed materials is treated as integral to correct performance.
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