Varaha Purana 139.13: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 13
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
वहते गोमयं सुष्ठु मम लोकं स गच्छति॥ स्नानोपलेपने भूमे सलिलं यो ददाति च॥
vahate gomayaṃ suṣṭhu mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || snānopalepane bhūme salilaṃ yo dadāti ca ||
जो इंसान गोबर को सही तरीके से उठा के लाता है, वो मेरे पास आता है। और जो कोई पानी देता है, धरती माँ, नहाने के काम के लिए या ज़मीन साफ करने के लिए।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves evidence of household/ritual maintenance practices (plastering floors, facilitating bathing) and frames them as socially meritorious acts.
No explicit location is named; the verse addresses Earth (Bhūmi/Vasundharā) as an interlocutor.
To support cleanliness and communal well-being by providing materials (gomaya) and resources (water) for maintenance and hygiene.
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