Varaha Purana 139.74: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 74
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
देहि मे त्वेकयामीयं पुण्यं गीतस्य वै परम्॥ ततो मोक्ष्यसि भक्ष्येण सङ्गतः पुत्रदारकैः॥
dehi me tv ekayāmīyaṃ puṇyaṃ gītasya vai param || tato mokṣyasi bhakṣyeṇa saṅgataḥ putradārakaiḥ ||
मुझे अपने गाने का वोह बड़ा पुण्य दे दो, एक रात की जागरण का फल। फिर मैं तुम्हे छोड़ दूंगा, तुम अपने बेटे और बीवी के पास जा सकते हो।
Brahmarākṣasa
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It preserves technical time-division vocabulary (yāma) linked to vrata practice, aiding reconstruction of historical devotional calendars and observances.
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The verse highlights the valuation of disciplined devotional practice, while also depicting coercive extraction as ethically fraught within the narrative.
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