Varaha Purana 164.18: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 18
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
तत्र स्नानं तर्पणं च कृत्वा फलमवाप्नुयात् ॥ राजसूयाश्वमेधानां धूतपाप्मा न संशयः ॥
tatra snānaṃ tarpaṇaṃ ca kṛtvā phalam avāpnuyāt || rājasūyāśvamedhānāṃ dhūtapāpmā na saṃśayaḥ ||
वहाँ नहा के और तर्पण करके बहुत पुण्य मिलता है। सारे पाप धुल जाते हैं। इतना पुण्य मिलता है जैसे कोई राजा राजसूय यज्ञ करे या अश्वमेध यज्ञ करे। इसमें कोई शक नहीं है।
Varāha
FAQs
It exemplifies a Purāṇic strategy of equating pilgrimage rites with older Vedic-style royal sacrifices, indicating shifts toward accessible devotional and tīrtha-based religiosity.
The verse refers back to the immediately preceding tīrtha context in the chapter (Govardhana/Puṇḍarīka-related sites), rather than naming a new location here.
Cultivation of purification and accountability (dhūtapāpmā) through regulated practices (snāna, tarpaṇa), framing moral renewal as attainable without elite-only rites.
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