Varaha Purana 152.62: Adhyaya 152, Shloka 62
Praise of the Sacred Geography of Mathurā
पिण्डदानात्तु तत्रैव पितृलोके स गच्छति ॥ गया पिण्डप्रदानेन यत्फलं लभते नरः ॥ तत्फलं लभते देवि ज्येष्ठे दानान्न संशयः ॥
piṇḍadānāt tu tatraiva pitṛloke sa gacchati || gayā piṇḍapradānena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ || tatphalaṃ labhate devi jyeṣṭhe dānān na saṃśayaḥ ||
वहाँ पिंड दान करने से वो अपने पूर्वज के दुनिया में चला जाता है। गया में पिंड दान का जो फल मिलता है, वही फल ज्येष्ठ में दान करने से मिलता है। इसमें कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha (default, addressed to Devī/Pṛthivī)
FAQs
It documents the Purāṇic equivalence-making strategy—linking local tīrthas and calendrical observances (Jyeṣṭha) with pan-Indian ritual centers like Gayā.
Gayā is explicitly named as a major ancestral-rite site; the verse also implies a local tīrtha-context where piṇḍadāna and dāna are performed.
It emphasizes charitable giving and ancestral remembrance as socially valued duties, framed as actions with commemorative and moral consequences.
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