Varaha Purana 46.2: Adhyaya 46, Shloka 2
The Rite of the Āṣāḍha Bright-Fortnight Dvādaśī Fast and the Installation (Nyāsa) of the Fourfold Manifestation
वासुदेवाय पादौ तु कटिं संकर्षणाय च । प्रद्युम्नायेति जठरं अनिरुद्धाय वै उरः ॥ ४६.२ ॥
vāsudevāya pādau tu kaṭiṃ saṃkarṣaṇāya ca | pradyumnāyeti jaṭharaṃ aniruddhāya vai uraḥ || 46.2 ||
พึงถวายเท้าทั้งสอง “แด่วาสุเทวะ”; ถวายเอว “แด่สังกรษณะ”; ถวายท้องพร้อมกล่าวว่า “แด่ประทยุมน์”; และถวายอก “แด่อนิรุทธะ”
Varāha
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It reflects a Purāṇic ritual-technical register in which theological concepts (the four Vyūhas) are integrated into embodied practice (nyāsa), illustrating how Vaiṣṇava doctrine circulated through liturgy and recitation.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is ritual and iconographic rather than topographical.
The verse primarily conveys a disciplined contemplative-ritual instruction—systematic attention and intentionality in practice—rather than an explicit social-ethical rule.
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