Varaha Purana 154.15: Adhyaya 154, Shloka 15
The Efficacy of Yamunā River Pilgrimage Sites
Merits of Mathurā-Region Tīrthas
यत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृतास्तेऽपुनर्भवाः ॥ घण्टाभरणकं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रमोचनम् ॥
yatra snātvā divaṁ yānti ye mṛtās te 'punarbhavāḥ || ghaṇṭābharaṇakaṁ tīrthaṁ sarvapāpapramocanam ||
जहाँ नाक करने के बाद मरने वाले स्वर्ग जाते हैं। वो वापस जनम नहीं लेते। घंटाभरणक नाम का तीर्थ है जो सब पाप साफ कर देता है।
Varāha
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It illustrates Purāṇic claims of salvific efficacy attached to specific sites, useful for reconstructing historical pilgrimage imaginaries.
Ghaṇṭābharaṇaka tīrtha; its identification requires correlating manuscript traditions and regional sacred topographies.
Purification from wrongdoing is foregrounded, expressed through the idiom of bathing and moral release (pramocana).
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