Varaha Purana 55.7: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 7
Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha
Pūrva Bhāga · Vratācāra and Hari-pūjā (Observances and Viṣṇu worship)
तमप्येवं क्षपित्वा तु दशम्यां प्रयतः शुचिः । अर्चयित्वा हरिं भक्त्या मासनाम्ना विचक्षणः ॥ ५५.७ ॥
tam apy evaṃ kṣapitvā tu daśamyāṃ prayataḥ śuciḥ | arcayitvā hariṃ bhaktyā māsanāmnā vicakṣaṇaḥ || 55.7 ||
tamapyevaM kShapitvA tu dashamyAM prayataH shuchiH | archayitvA hariM bhaktyA mAsanAmnA vichakShaNaH || 55.7 ||
ครั้นล่วงกาลนั้นโดยวิธีดังกล่าวแล้ว ในวันทศมี ผู้มีวินัยและบริสุทธิ์ พึงบูชาพระหริด้วยภักติ โดยใช้บทสวดตามนามเดือนอย่างผู้รู้เท่าทัน
Sandhi Notes
- tam+api→tam apy
- kārttikasyādir-type sandhi not here
- straightforward separations
Varāha
Bhakti is strengthened—not replaced—by śauca (purity), niyama (discipline), and correct naming/intention in worship.
Maintain cleanliness and restraint; perform Hari-pūjā on Daśamī with a month-specific saṅkalpa/mantra to anchor intention.
After completing the prior regimen, on Daśamī—pure and disciplined—worship Hari with bhakti using the appropriate month-name formula.
Properly timed, purified worship with correct mantra/saṅkalpa framing yields enhanced ritual efficacy and devotional merit; careless timing/impurity diminishes fruit.
Devotional merit, purification (śuddhi), and completion of the observance with correct liturgical identification (māsa-nāma).
Hari-worship implicitly anticipates Kṛṣṇa as Hari, but no Mathurā-specific cue here.
55.55.6 (preceding seasonal dāna); 55.55.8 (saṅkalpa and Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī sequence)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic style of codifying devotional-ritual routines (vratācāra), linking calendrical observance (the tenth lunar day) with disciplined conduct and formal worship, which is characteristic of medieval Sanskrit religious literature and its household-practice orientation.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on calendrical timing (daśamī) and worship procedure rather than sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes disciplined self-restraint and purity (prayataḥ, śuciḥ) as ethical prerequisites for devotional practice—worship performed thoughtfully and with attention to proper formulae (māsanāmnā).
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