Varaha Purana

गुरुं भागवतं चैवमर्चयेच्च यथाविधि

One should also worship the guru and the devotee of the Lord, according to proper rule.

विशेषेण गुरुं पूज्य वस्त्रालंकारभोजनैः 184.

Especially, the guru should be honored with garments, ornaments, and food.

गुरुर्यस्य न तुष्टो वै तस्माद्दूरतरो ह्ययम्

He for whom the guru is not pleased is indeed far removed from this.

तारितं च कुलं तेन नवभिः सप्तविंशतिः

By him, the family is liberated—nine and twenty-seven generations.

कथयिष्यामि ते ह्येवं कार्त्स्न्येन प्रतिमार्च्चनम् तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि मम लोके महीयते

Thus I shall tell you in full the worship of the image; for so many thousands of years one is honored in my world.

इति श्रीवराहपुराणे ताम्रार्चास्थापनं नाम चतुरशीत्यधिकशततमोऽध्यायः

Thus ends the one hundred eighty-fourth chapter, named 'Establishing the Copper Image,' in the glorious Varaha Purana.

अथ कांस्यार्चास्थापनम् कांस्येन प्रतिमां कृत्वा सुरूपां सुप्रतिष्ठिताम्

Now, the establishment of a bronze image: having made a well-formed and well-installed image from bronze,

ज्येष्ठायां चैव नक्षत्रे मम वेश्मन्युपानयेत्

On the Jyeshtha star, one should bring it into my temple.

अर्घ्यं गृह्य यथान्यायमिमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्

Taking arghya as is proper, one should recite this mantra.

योऽसौ भवान्सर्वयज्ञेषु पूज्यो ध्येयो गोप्ता विश्वकामो महात्मा

You, who are to be worshipped and meditated upon in all sacrifices, the protector, the one who desires the universe, the great soul—

अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा यथान्यायं स्थापयेत्तदुदङ्मुखः

Having offered arghya in the proper manner, one should place it facing north.

चतुरः कलशांश्चैव पंचगव्यसमन्वितान्

And four pots, filled with the five products of the cow,

चतुरः कलशान्पूर्य स्नानार्थं मे समन्त्रकम्

Filling four pots for my ritual bath, along with mantras,

कुर्यात्संस्थापनं तत्र ममार्च्चायास्तु पूजकः

The officiant should arrange them there for my worship.

नमो नारायणायेति उक्त्वा मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्

Saying 'Salutations to Nārāyaṇa,' he should recite the mantra.

मन्त्रः- आदिर्भवान्ब्रह्मयुगान्तकल्पः सर्वेषु कालेष्वपि कल्पभूतः 185.

Mantra: You are the beginning, the end of the age of Brahmā, and the foundation of all cycles of time.

विकार अविकार अकार सकार शकार षकार स्वच्छन्दरूपः क्षरमक्षरं धृतिरूपः अरूपमिति नमः पुरुषोत्तमायेति अश्वेन च मुहूर्तेन प्राप्ते मूलेषु चोत्तरे

You are change, changelessness, the unmanifest, the manifest, the powerful, the auspicious, the pure will, the perishable and the imperishable, the form of steadfastness, the formless—salutations to the Supreme Person. When a muhūrta has passed with the horse, at the roots and in the north—

पूर्वोक्तेषु विधानेन मम शास्त्रानुदर्शिनाम्

According to the procedure previously described, for those who follow my scriptures,

सर्वशान्त्युदकं गृह्य सर्वगन्धफलानि च

Taking the water for universal peace and all kinds of fragrant fruits,

मन्त्रः- ॐ इन्द्रो भवांस्त्वं च यमः कुबेरो जलेश्वरः सोमबृहस्पती च

Mantra: Oṃ—you are Indra, and also Yama, Kubera, the lord of waters, Soma, and Bṛhaspati.

तथैव सर्वौषधयो जलानि वायुश्च पृथ्वी च स वायुसारथिः

Likewise, all medicinal herbs, waters, the wind, the earth, and the wind as charioteer—

अनेनैव तु मन्त्रेण कृत्वा कर्म सुपुष्कलम्

By performing the rite thoroughly with this very mantra,

एकान्ते स्नापयेन्मां च जलैः पूर्वाभिमन्त्रितैः

In seclusion, he should bathe me with the previously consecrated waters.

गात्रसंशोधनार्थाय इमं मन्त्रमुदाहरेत्

For the purification of the limbs, he should recite this mantra:

मन्त्रः – सरांसि ये ते च समस्तसागरा नद्यश्च तीर्थानि च पुष्कराणि

Mantra: All the lakes, all the oceans, the rivers, the sacred fords, and the holy ponds—

एवं मां स्नाप्य विधिना मम कर्मानुसारिणः 185.

Thus, bathing me according to the prescribed rite, in accordance with my injunctions—

गन्धधूपादिभिश्चैव यथाविभवशक्तितः

With sandalwood, incense, and the like, according to one's means and capacity—

तान्यानयित्वा वस्त्राणि ममाग्रे स्थापयेन्नरः

Having brought those garments, a person should place them before me.

मन्त्रः- वस्त्राणि देवेन्द्र मया हृतानि सूक्ष्माणि सौम्यानि सुखावहानि

Mantra: O Indra of the gods, these garments, subtle, gentle, and bringing comfort, have been taken by me.