Varaha Purana 164.5: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 5
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
मोदते शक्रलोके तु सर्वद्वन्द्वविवर्जितः॥ दक्षिणे यमतीर्थे तु स्नानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि॥
modate śakraloke tu sarva-dvandva-vivarjitaḥ || dakṣiṇe yamatīrthe tu snānaṃ kuryād yathā-vidhi
जब कोई इंसान सब ड्युअलिटी छोड़ देता है, वो इंद्र के लोक में खुश रहता है। यम तीर्थ के दाएँ साइड में, सही तरीके से नहाना चाहिए।
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FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic mapping of moral cultivation (freedom from dualities) onto post-mortem and pilgrimage geographies, a common late-classical Indian literary strategy for encoding ethics in place-based narratives.
A “Yama-tīrtha” is named; the verse does not specify a unique modern site, and such titles can be applied to multiple regional tīrthas in Purāṇic and later pilgrimage traditions.
Cultivating equanimity (freedom from dvandvas) is presented alongside disciplined ritual observance (yathā-vidhi).
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