Varaha Purana 126.160: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 160
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
प्राप्नोति तन्महाभागे स्नानमात्रान्न संशयः ॥ अथवा म्रियते तत्र एकैकान्द्वादशीकृतान्
prāpnoti tanmahābhāge snānamātrān na saṃśayaḥ || athavā mriyate tatra ekaikān dvādaśīkṛtān
बस यहाँ नहाने से वो फल मिल जाता है, कोई शक नहीं। अगर कोई वहाँ मर भी जाए तो उसका पुण्य बारह गुना हो जाता है।
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic valuation system where pilgrimage actions (snāna) are quantified through multipliers, providing evidence for devotional and ritual economies.
A specific tīrtha is implied (‘there’), but the toponym is not contained in this half-verse.
It promotes disciplined ritual engagement (bathing) and frames place-based practice as spiritually consequential, without prescribing coercion.
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