Varaha Purana 139.101: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 101
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
मद्भक्तश्चैव जायेत संसारपरिमोचितः॥ यस्तु जागरितो नित्यं गीतवाद्येन नर्तकः॥
madbhaktaś caiva jāyeta saṃsāraparimocitaḥ || yas tu jāgarito nityaṃ gītavādyena nartakaḥ ||
वो मेरा भक्त बन के जन्म लेता है और जनम-मरण के चक्कर से छुट जाता है। जो नाचता है गाने के साथ, वो हमेशा जागरुक रहता है।
Varāha
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It links jāgaraṇa (ritual wakefulness) and performance traditions to merit and liberation themes, a pattern found across medieval devotional cultures.
No geographic location is specified in this verse.
Constancy and attentiveness (nitya-jāgaraṇa) in devotional practice are presented as conducive to freedom from saṃsāra.
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