Varaha Purana 126.120: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 120
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
वैशाखस्य तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षस्य द्वादशी ॥ यदि मुञ्चेत्स्वकं देहं कृत्वा कर्म सुदुष्करम् ॥
vaiśākhasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣasya dvādaśī || yadi muñcet svakaṁ dehaṁ kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram ||
वैशाख महीने की द्वादशी को जो कोई बहुत मुश्किल काम करके अपना जान दे देता है, वो मोक्ष पाता है।
Varāha (default instructor voice)
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It attests to Purāṇic integration of the lunar calendar into ethical-ritual discourse, linking specific dates with intensified religious-austerity narratives.
No location is specified in this segment; it focuses on calendrical timing rather than place.
It frames disciplined action and time-specific observance as morally consequential, though the outcome is completed in adjacent verses.
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