Varaha Purana 156.2: Adhyaya 156, Shloka 2
The Manifest Sacred Landscape of Mathurā: Merits of Vatsakrīḍanaka, Bhāṇḍīraka, Vṛndāvana, Keśītīrtha, and the Sūrya-Tīrthas
स्नानमात्रेण तत्रैव वायुलोकं व्रजेन्नरः ॥ तत्राथ मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोके महीयते
snānamātreṇa tatraiva vāyulokaṃ vrajen naraḥ || tatrātha muñcate prāṇān mama loke mahīyate
Schon durch das Baden dort gelangt ein Mensch in die Welt des Vāyu. Und wenn er dort den Lebenshauch aufgibt, wird er in meiner Welt geehrt.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment, but continues from 156.1 context)
FAQs
It is characteristic of tīrtha-māhātmya passages that promote sacred sites through concise claims about ritual efficacy and post-mortem or supra-mundane outcomes.
The verse continues the tīrtha context introduced in Adhyāya 156 regarding Mathurā and the Vatsakrīḍanaka tīrtha.
The emphasis is on ritual practice (snāna/bathing) as a culturally sanctioned act linked to cosmological results, rather than a general ethical maxim.
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