Varaha Purana 111.9: Adhyaya 111, Shloka 9
The Eulogy of Donating a Tawny (Kapilā) Cow
तेन स्नानेन चैकेन भावयुक्तेन वै नरः ॥ यावज्जीवकृतात्पापान्मुच्यते नात्र संशयः ॥
tena snānena caikena bhāvayuktena vai naraḥ || yāvajjīvakṛtāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
बस एक बार दिल से इस तरह नहा लो। ज़िन्दग भर के पाप से आज़ाद हो जाओगे। इसमे कोई शक नहीं।
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It foregrounds intention (bhāva) as a criterion of ritual efficacy, a theme significant for intellectual history of ethics and ritual theory in Sanskrit traditions.
No geographic location is identified.
Ethical transformation is linked not only to external action but also to internal orientation (bhāva).
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