Varaha Purana 164.27: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 27
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
कुण्डे स्नात्वा पितॄँस्तर्प्य कृतकृत्यो दिवं व्रजेत् ॥ गङ्गायाश्चोत्तरं यावद्देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः ॥
kuṇḍe snātvā pitṝṃstarpya kṛtakṛtyo divaṃ vrajet || gaṅgāyāścottaraṃ yāvaddevadevasya cakriṇaḥ ||
उस कुंड में नहा के अपने पुरखो को तर्पण करो। फिर तुम्हारा काम बन जाता है और स्वर्ग में जा सकते हो। गंगा के उत्तर तरफ़ बढ़ो, वहाँ तक जहाँ भगवान विष्णु का चक्र है।
Varāha (default dialogic frame)
FAQs
It combines ritual action (snāna, tarpaṇa) with a directional itinerary (north of the Gaṅgā), a common Purāṇic technique for encoding pilgrimage geographies.
The Gaṅgā is explicitly named; the ‘north of the Gaṅgā’ region is indicated but not specified to a single modern site in this fragment.
Fulfilling obligations to ancestors and maintaining ritual discipline are presented as integral to a well-ordered life within the text’s moral universe.
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