Varaha Purana 126.131: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 131
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
तत्राथ म्रियते भूमे माघमासस्य द्वादशीम् ॥ ब्रह्माणं मां च पश्येत पश्यते च वृषध्वजम् ॥
tatrātha mriyate bhūme māghamāsasya dvādaśīm | brahmāṇaṃ māṃ ca paśyet paśyate ca vṛṣadhvajam ||
हे धरती, माघ महीने की बारस की दिन वहाँ मरने से अच्छा होता है। वहाँ ब्रह्मा और मुझे देखोगे, और शिव जी को भी देखोगे।
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It connects calendrical observance (Māgha-dvādaśī) with tīrtha ideology and pan-Indic deity epithets, useful for studying pilgrimage-time mapping.
A specific ‘there’ (tatra) is implied but unnamed in the isolated excerpt; it requires chapter context to map to a known tīrtha.
It presents a culturally valued ideal of concluding life at an auspicious time/place, reflecting Purāṇic sacralization of geography and time.
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