Varaha Purana 49.39: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 39
The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit
राजाऽपि तेन विधिना पद्मनाभस्य द्वादशीम् । उपोष्य परमं काममिह जन्मनि चाप्तवान् ॥ ४९.३९ ॥
rājā’pi tena vidhinā padmanābhasya dvādaśīm | upoṣya paramaṃ kāmam iha janmani cāptavān || 49.39 ||
国王也依照所规定的仪轨，守持莲华脐（Padmanābha）之十二日斋；并且就在此生获得了他所希求的至上成就。
Varāha (default, as speaker is not explicit in the fragment)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic didactic strategy: validating a ritual discipline (Dvādaśī observance) through an exemplary figure (a king), thereby linking royal ethics with household religious practice in early medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on ritual observance rather than sacred geography.
The verse promotes disciplined observance of a prescribed vow (fasting on Dvādaśī) as a model of self-regulation and goal-oriented conduct, framed as yielding meaningful outcomes within one’s present life.
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