Varaha Purana 144.57: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 57
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
मत्सान्निध्यान्नदीनां त्वमतिश्रेष्ठा भविष्यसि॥ दर्शनात्स्पर्शनात्स्नानात्पानाच्चैवावगाहनात्॥
matsānnidhyān nadīnāṁ tvam atiśreṣṭhā bhaviṣyasi || darśanāt sparśanāt snānāt pānāc caivāvagāhanāt ||
मेरे पास रहने के कारण तुम सब नदियों में सबसे बड़ी बनोगी। जो तुम्हे देखेगा, तुम्हे छूकेगा, तुममें नहाएगा, तुम्हारा पानी पिएगा, या तुममें डूबेगा, वो सब पाप से छूट जाएगा।
Varāha (Viṣṇu as instructor)
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It documents a standard Purāṇic taxonomy of tīrtha practices (seeing, touching, bathing, drinking), useful for mapping historical ritual repertoires tied to rivers.
A river addressed as Gaṇḍakī in the surrounding verses; the text frames it as preeminent due to divine proximity.
Purificatory discipline is linked to embodied, non-violent acts (contact, bathing, mindful use of water), implying regulated engagement with a natural resource.
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