Varaha Purana 171.38: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 38
Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds
गोकर्णस्य प्रयच्छध्वं येन तृप्तिस्त्रिमासिकी ॥ यथा शोको यथा पापं यथा मोहः प्रणश्यति
gokarṇasya prayacchadhvaṃ yena tṛptis trimāsikī || yathā śoko yathā pāpaṃ yathā mohaḥ praṇaśyati
गोकर्ण के लिए यह सब सामान दे दो। इससे तीन महीने तक खुशी रहेगी। इससे तुम्हारा दुख, पाप और भ्रांति सब खत्म हो जाएगा।
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It ties a named tīrtha figure/location (Gokarṇa) to practices of support and to the Purāṇic promise of psychological and moral purification.
Gokarṇa—traditionally identified with the coastal sacred site in present-day Karnataka, India, known for major Śaiva/Vaiṣṇava tīrtha associations across texts.
Sustaining others through giving is presented as a means to reduce grief, moral fault, and delusion—an ethic of generosity linked to inner clarity.
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