Varaha Purana 174.15: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 15
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
अप्रकाममिदं भाति भास्करोदयणं प्रति ॥ अहं पर्युषितो नाम परः सूचिमुखस्ततः
aprakāmam idaṃ bhāti bhāskarodayanaṃ prati || ahaṃ paryuṣito nāma paraḥ sūcīmukhas tataḥ
सूरज निकलता है, पर हमें कोई राहत नहीं दिखती। मेरा नाम पर्युषित है। और यह दूसरा जो है, इसका नाम सूचिमुख है।
Pretas (continued; self-identification)
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It introduces named preta figures, a narrative strategy that personalizes moral consequence and supports episodic teaching within the travel frame.
No terrestrial location is named; the reference point is the Sun’s rising (bhāskarodayana), used as an orienting motif.
By foregrounding discomfort and naming, the verse sets up accountability and causality—individual conditions are presented as traceable and discussable rather than random.
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