Varaha Purana 174.76: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 76
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
द्विजः प्रतिग्रहीता कपिलाङ्गेषु तिष्ठन्ति भुवनानि चतुर्दश ॥ दत्त्वा कामदुघां लोकाः भवन्ति सफलाः नृणाम् ॥
dvijaḥ pratigrahītā kapilāṅgeṣu tiṣṭhanti bhuvanāni caturdaśa || dattvā kāmadughāṁ lokā bhavanti saphalā nṛṇām ||
يُقال إن العوالم الأربعةَ عشرَ تقيم في أعضاء البقرة الشقراء؛ فإذا أُهديت البقرةُ المُحقِّقةُ للأماني غدت العوالم—أي مقاصد الحياة ومصائرها—مثمرةً للبشر.
Varāha (default, not explicitly marked in this verse-fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom where gift-giving (dāna) is linked to cosmological symbolism, illustrating how ritual economy and social ethics were framed through mythic cosmography.
No specific location is named in this verse; it uses cosmological imagery (the fourteen worlds) rather than a tīrtha-site.
It promotes dāna—specifically gifting a cow—as an ethical act believed to yield ‘fruitful’ outcomes for human life and posthumous destiny.
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