Varaha Purana 174.53: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 53
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
तीर्थस्यैव तु माहात्म्यं प्रेतो भूत्वा शृणोति यः ॥ तस्याक्षयपदं विष्णोर्भवतीति मया श्रुतम् ॥
tīrthasyaiva tu māhātmyaṃ preto bhūtvā śṛṇoti yaḥ || tasyākṣayapadaṃ viṣṇor bhavatīti mayā śrutam ||
Wer, selbst nachdem er zum Preta geworden ist, die Größe jenes Tīrtha vernimmt: für ihn, so habe ich gehört, entsteht der unvergängliche Stand, der zu Viṣṇu gehört.
Brāhmaṇa (continued)
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It highlights the Purāṇic emphasis on śravaṇa (hearing) as a transformative practice and shows how tīrtha literature integrates soteriology with sacred topography.
The verse refers to ‘that tīrtha’ within the Mathurā–saṅgama narrative setting.
Attentive engagement with instructive discourse (hearing māhātmya) is framed as a means of moral and existential elevation, even from a degraded condition.
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