Varaha Purana 111.10: Adhyaya 111, Shloka 10
The Eulogy of Donating a Tawny (Kapilā) Cow
गवामस्थि ततोऽप्येतन्मृतगन्धेन दूषयेत् ॥ यावज्जिघ्रति तं गन्धं तावत्पुण्यैस्तु पूर्यते ॥
gavām asthi tato 'py etan mṛtagandhena dūṣayet || yāvaj jighrati taṃ gandhaṃ tāvat puṇyais tu pūryate ||
गाय की हड्डी पर मृतक की बदबू लगती है। पर जब तक वो महक महसूस होती है, तब तक पुण्य मिलता रहता है।
Hotā (implicit continuation)
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It preserves a striking purity/impurity paradox—associating a normally polluting sign (mṛtagandha) with merit—valuable for studying Purāṇic revaluation of sensory experience in ritual ethics.
No geographic location is identified.
The verse re-frames contact with culturally “impure” phenomena within a merit-making logic, emphasizing the text’s internal ritual-ethical valuation system.
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