Varaha Purana 164.7: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 7
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
वारुणं भवनं गत्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषात्॥ तथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान् कामक्रोधविवर्जितः॥
vāruṇaṃ bhavanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarva-kilbiṣāt || tathātra muñcate prāṇān kāma-krodha-vivarjitaḥ
वरुण के घर जाके, वो सारे पाप से आज़ाद हो जाता है। वहाँ भी अपनी जान छोड़ देता है, बिना किसी इच्छा और गुस्से के।
Varāha (default speaker for instruction passages in this dialogue frame)
FAQs
It preserves a classical ethical taxonomy (kāma, krodha) within a cosmological itinerary, reflecting how Purāṇic texts integrate moral psychology with ritual and afterlife narratives.
The text names Varuṇa’s ‘abode’ (vāruṇaṃ bhavanam), a cosmological rather than terrestrial location in this phrasing.
The instruction emphasizes self-purification through the abandonment of desire and anger, presented as prerequisites for liberation from moral stain.
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