Varaha Purana 147.53: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 53
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
मम मार्गानुसाराणां मम च प्रीतिवर्धनः॥ श्रेष्ठानां परमं श्रेष्ठं मङ्गलानां च मङ्गलम्॥
mama mārgānusārāṇāṃ mama ca prītivarddhanaḥ || śreṣṭhānāṃ paramaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ maṅgalānāṃ ca maṅgalam ||
जो लोग मेरा रास्ता फॉलो करते हैं, मुझे बहुत पसंद आते हैं। यह सबसे बड़ा है, बड़े लोगों में भी। जो अच्छा है, उसमें भी यह सबसे अच्छा है।
Varāha
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It reflects a common Purāṇic rhetorical strategy: validating a teaching by asserting superlative merit and aligning it with an authoritative ‘path’ (mārga).
No geographic site is specified here; the verse is evaluative and doctrinal in tone.
It encourages adherence to a prescribed discipline or ‘path’ and frames such adherence as ethically and culturally beneficial.
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