Varaha Purana 136.111: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 111
A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions
आरोग्यानां महारोग्यं मङ्गलानां तु मङ्गलम् ॥ रत्नानां परमं रत्नं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥
ārogyānāṁ mahārogyaṁ maṅgalānāṁ tu maṅgalam || ratnānāṁ paramaṁ ratnaṁ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
सेहत में यह सबसे बड़ी सेहत है। शुभ कामों में यह सबसे शुभ काम है। रत्नों में यह सबसे बड़ा रत्न है। यह सारे पाप मिटा देता है।
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The verse uses a common Purāṇic rhetorical form—ranking metaphors (health, auspiciousness, jewel)—to promote a practice/text as culturally valuable and morally purifying.
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It frames the praised practice/text as morally corrective (removing pāpa), encouraging adherence through value metaphors rather than legal command.
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