Varaha Purana 174.98: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 98
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
तावद्व्रतं तु कर्तव्यं यावदेकं क्षयं व्रजेत् ॥ तीर्थस्यैव प्रभावो हि प्रत्यक्षमिह दृश्यते ॥
tāvad vrataṁ tu kartavyaṁ yāvad ekaṁ kṣayaṁ vrajet || tīrthasyaiva prabhāvo hi pratyakṣam iha dṛśyate ||
„Die Gelübde-Übung (vrata) ist auszuführen, bis eine einzige Vollendung bzw. ein Abschluss (kṣaya) erreicht ist. Denn die Wirkkraft der heiligen Furt (tīrtha) ist hier unmittelbar zu sehen.“
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It preserves a normative statement about vow-practice tied to tīrtha culture, relevant for understanding how pilgrimage and discipline were textualized as socially verifiable practices.
No specific site-name appears in this verse; it speaks generally about the observable efficacy of a tīrtha.
Sustained discipline: one should complete a vow properly rather than treat observance as intermittent or casual.
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