Varaha Purana 174.14: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 14
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
नान्तरिक्षं महीम् चापि जानीमो दिवसं तथा ॥ यदेतद्दुःखमापन्नं सुखोदर्कफलं भवेत्
nāntarikṣaṃ mahīṃ cāpi jānīmo divasaṃ tathā || yad etad duḥkham āpannaṃ sukhodarkaphalaṃ bhavet
आसमान भी नहीं पहचानते, ज़मीन भी नहीं। दिन रात का भी पता नहीं चलता। इतना दुख मिला है, शायद इसके बाद कुछ अच्छा हो।
Pretas (continued)
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It combines cosmological vocabulary (sky/earth) with ethical causality (phala), illustrating how Purāṇic texts frame suffering within a consequential moral universe.
No specific place; “sky” and “earth” are broad cosmological categories rather than a localized geography.
The verse articulates a reflective stance: suffering is acknowledged while expressing hope for a beneficial later consequence, encouraging moral recalibration.
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