Varaha Purana 137.165: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 165
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
स्नानेन तत्र तीर्थे च मरणाद्वा जनार्दन ॥ कां गतिं वै प्रपद्यन्ते तन्ममाचक्ष्व केशव ॥
snānena tatra tīrthe ca maraṇād vā janārdana || kāṃ gatiṃ vai prapadyante tan mamācakṣva keśava
जनार्धन, उस तीर्थ में नहा के या वहाँ मर के लोग कहाँ जाते हैं? केसव, मुझे बताओ, उनका क्या होता है?
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It exemplifies a key Purāṇic genre feature: the inquirer articulates a precise ritual-ethical question (snāna/maraṇa at a tīrtha) to elicit doctrinally structured answers.
The verse points to an unnamed ‘tatra tīrthe’ within the chapter’s tīrtha narrative; the specific site must be recovered from surrounding verses of Adhyāya 137.
It foregrounds accountability and intentionality around ritual action and end-of-life context, asking how place-linked practices are understood to shape one’s gati.
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