Varaha Purana 65.9: Adhyaya 65, Shloka 9
The Sovereignty Vow and the Cycle of Tithi-Based Observances
शुक्लपक्षे फाल्गुनस्य तथारभ्य विचक्षणः । रौद्रं व्रतं चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः । माघमासादथारभ्य पूर्णं संवत्सरं नृप ॥ ६५.९ ॥
śuklapakṣe phālgunasya tathārabhya vicakṣaṇaḥ | raudraṃ vrataṃ caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ | māghamāsād athārabhya pūrṇaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa || 65.9 ||
ข้าแต่มหาราชผู้รอบรู้ เริ่มตั้งแต่ปักษ์สว่างเดือนผาลคุน พึงปฏิบัติ “ราวทรพรต”; โดยเฉพาะในวันจตุรทศีแห่งปักษ์มืด และเริ่มนับจากเดือนมาฆะ ปฏิบัติให้ครบหนึ่งปีเต็ม
Varāha
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It preserves a calendrical rule for a named observance (vrata), illustrating how Purāṇic literature systematizes ritual time (months, fortnights, lunar days) alongside narrative discourse.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is primarily a temporal (calendar-based) instruction using lunar months and fortnights.
The verse emphasizes disciplined observance—undertaking a regulated practice at prescribed times and sustaining it consistently for a complete annual cycle.
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