Varaha Purana 139.14: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 14
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
तस्य पुण्यं महाभागे शृणु तत्त्वेन निष्कलम्॥ यावन्तो बिन्दवस्तत्र पानीयस्य वसुन्धरे॥
tasya puṇyaṃ mahābhāge śṛṇu tattvena niṣkalam || yāvanto bindavas tatra pānīyasya vasundhare ||
अब उसका पुण्य सुनो, धरती माँ, पूरा सच बता रहा हूँ। जितने भी पानी के बूँद होते हैं, उतने हिसाब से पुण्य मिलता है।
Varāha
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It shows a didactic literary technique: quantifying merit through vivid, countless natural units (drops), which is common in Purāṇic moral pedagogy.
No geographic place is specified.
Providing potable water is presented as an exceptionally fruitful ethical act, with results described as immeasurably extensive.
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