Varaha Purana 112.34: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 34
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
नन्दितो याति पितृभिर्विष्ण्वाख्यं परमं पदम् ॥ ब्रह्मस्वहारी गोघ्नो वा भ्रूणहा पापदेहकः
nandito yāti pitṛbhir viṣṇvākhyam paramaṃ padam || brahmasvahārī goghno vā bhrūṇahā pāpadehakaḥ
खुश होके अपने पूर्वज के साथ विष्णु के धाम जाता है। चाहे कोई बड़ा पापी हो - जो ब्राह्मण का मान ले, गाय मारे, या गर्भ मारे - सब का नरक से मुक्ति होती है।
Varāha (default, instructional voice in dialogue framework)
FAQs
It illustrates Purāṇic strategies of moral persuasion: listing severe transgressions to emphasize the claimed efficacy of a prescribed gift/rite within a devotional soteriological frame.
No earthly geography is named; the destination is a theological 'supreme abode' (paramaṃ padam) associated with Viṣṇu.
To underscore the transformative potential attributed to regulated charity/ritual action, while foregrounding moral categories of wrongdoing and purification.
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