Varaha Purana 70.3: Adhyaya 70, Shloka 3
Nārāyaṇa as the Sacrificial Principle, Analysis of the Three Guṇas, and the Account of Delusion-Doctrines
एवं सञ्चिन्त्य राजेन्द्र मया विष्णुः सनातनः । आराधितो वर्षशतं क्रतुभिर्भूरिदक्षिणैः ॥ ७०.३ ॥
evaṁ sañcintya rājendra mayā viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | ārādhito varṣaśataṁ kratubhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ || 70.3 ||
ข้าแต่ราชเอก! ครั้นใคร่ครวญดังนี้แล้ว ข้าพเจ้าได้บูชาพระวิษณุผู้เป็นนิรันดร์ตลอดร้อยปี ด้วยพิธีบูชายัญพร้อมทักษิณาอันมากมาย.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a Purāṇic presentation of long-term ritual devotion (extended over “a hundred years”) and the cultural institution of dakṣiṇā, a key feature of South Asian sacrificial economy and patronage.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is framed as a royal address (“rājendra”) and a statement of ritual practice.
The verse emphasizes sustained discipline in practice and the ethic of generous giving (abundant dakṣiṇā) alongside ritual action, presented as integral to devotional and social responsibility.
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