Varaha Purana 174.1: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 1
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
श्रीवराह उवाच॥ पुनरन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि महापातकनाशनम्॥ सङ्गमस्य प्रभावं हि पापिनामपि मुक्तिदम्॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || punar anyat pravakṣyāmi mahāpātaka-nāśanam || saṅgamasya prabhāvaṃ hi pāpinām api muktidam
वराह भगवान बोले, मैं अब एक और बात बताता हूँ। यह बात बड़े पाप मिटाने वाली है। संगम की ताकत ऐसी है कि पापी लोगों को भी मुक्ति मिल जाती है।
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It introduces a new māhātmya unit, foregrounding the saṅgama as a key node in Purāṇic sacred geography and moral rhetoric.
A saṅgama (confluence) is identified generically here; the specific rivers are supplied by the surrounding narrative tradition.
The verse presents a rehabilitative moral logic: transformation is possible, and purification is thematized as accessible even to those with serious wrongdoing.
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