Varaha Purana 129.12: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 12
Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel
Pūrva Bhāga · Pūjā-vidhi (Dīpa-mantra: Viṣṇu and Agni as Tejas)
मन्त्रः— नमो भगवते तेजते विष्णो सर्वे देवास्त्वग्निसंस्थाः प्रतिष्ठा ॥ एवं चाग्निस्तव तेजसा प्रतिष्ठितो तेजश्चात्मा स्वयमेव ॥
mantraḥ— namo bhagavate tejate viṣṇo sarve devās tv agnisaṁsthāḥ pratiṣṭhā || evaṁ cāgnis tava tejasā pratiṣṭhito tejaś cātmā svayam eva
mantraH – namo bhagavate tejate viShNo sarve devAstvagnisaMsthAH pratiShThA || evaM chAgnistava tejasA pratiShThito tejashchAtmA svayameva
มนต์: “ขอนอบน้อมแด่พระวิษณุผู้เป็นภควาน ผู้มีเดชะอันรุ่งเรือง สรรพเทพทั้งปวงตั้งมั่นในอัคนีเป็นฐานรองรับ ดังนั้นอัคนีจึงตั้งมั่นด้วยเดชะของพระองค์ และเดชะนั้นเองคืออาตมัน โดยสภาวะของตนเองแท้จริง”
Varāha
All divine functions culminate in tejas grounded in Viṣṇu; the deepest radiance is the Self (ātman) that is self-established.
During dīpa/Agni worship, contemplate the lamp as a pointer to inner awareness; cultivate jñāna alongside bhakti.
Yajña-Varāha theology: Viṣṇu as the ground of tejas; Agni and the devatās are functional powers resting in the one divine radiance—ritual fire is a manifestation of the Lord’s own splendor.
Agni as pratiṣṭhā (foundation) for devatās; Viṣṇu’s tejas as the pratiṣṭhā of Agni; tejas identified with ātman—light hierarchy culminating in the Self.
Non-dual leaning: tejas is not merely an element but points to ātma-svarūpa (self-established consciousness/light); devatās as dependent manifestations (āśrita) of the one Īśvara.
Recite the tejas/Agni-centered mantra saluting Viṣṇu as radiance, affirming that gods rest in Agni and Agni is established by Viṣṇu’s splendor.
Aligns dīpa/Agni offering with correct theology, strengthening ritual fruit and inner illumination; misconstrual leads to weakened contemplative benefit (unspecified).
Varāha Purāṇa 129 (dīpa/tejas mantra cluster; Agni as upacāra and cosmological principle)
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic ritual integrates older Vedic fire symbolism (Agni) with Vaiṣṇava framing, preserving a layered history of religious language.
No geographic location is mentioned; the verse is cosmological and ritual-theological.
To treat the lamp/fire offering as more than a material act—linking it to a disciplined contemplation of ‘tejas’ (radiant principle) and order (pratiṣṭhā).
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