Varaha Purana 174.23: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 23
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
बृहद्वृषणशुष्काङ्गः पापादेव प्रजायते ॥ एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमात्मवृत्तान्त सम्भवम्
bṛhadvṛṣaṇaśuṣkāṅgaḥ pāpād eva prajāyate || etat te sarvam ākhyātam ātmavṛttānta sambhavam
एक आदमी बड़ा टेस्टिस वाला है और उसकी बॉडी सूखी है। यह सब पाप से पैदा हुआ है। मैंने तुम्हे पूरा बताया कि हमारे अपने करम से यह सब कैसे हुआ।
Preta
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It captures the didactic closure typical of Purāṇic exempla: a catalog of consequences is explicitly tied to pāpa (moral wrongdoing) and framed as autobiographical testimony.
No geographic location is identified.
Moral wrongdoing is asserted as the root cause of degrading outcomes; accountability is reinforced through self-reporting of one’s conduct.
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