Varaha Purana 137.52: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 52
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
ततः स्नातौ शुची क्षौमे परिधाय तु वाससी ॥ प्रणम्य भूषितौ विष्णुं दम्पती तदनन्तरम्
tataḥ snātau śucī kṣaume paridhāya tu vāsasī || praṇamya bhūṣitau viṣṇuṃ dampatī tadanantaram
फिर दोनों ने नहा लिया। साफ कपड़े पहन लिए। विष्णु भगवान के सामने झुके। वो भी सज के तैयार थे।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in fragment)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic ritual sequence—bathing, donning clean garments, and offering reverence—useful for reconstructing normative devotional and tīrtha-related conduct in medieval Sanskrit textual culture.
No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a transitional ritual action before or after a tīrtha-related episode.
The verse emphasizes ritual cleanliness and respectful comportment (purification and reverential bowing) as preparatory virtues in sacred contexts.
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