Varaha Purana 174.35: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 35
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
Uttara Bhāga · Śrāddha–Dāna–Ācāra (Ethics of offerings and purity)
रतो वै पितृपूजायां न प्रेतो जायते नरः ॥ जितक्रोधो ह्यमात्सर्यस्तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः
rato vai pitṛ-pūjāyāṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ || jita-krodho hy amātsaryas tṛṣṇā-saṅga-vivarjitaḥ
rato vai pitRRipUjAyAM na preto jAyate naraH || jitakrodho hyamAtsaryastRRiShNAsa~NgavivarjitaH
जो अपने पूर्वजों की पूजा करता है, वो प्रेत नहीं बनता। जो गुस्सा कंट्रोल करता है, जलन नहीं रखता, और लालच से दूर रहता है, वो भी प्रेत नहीं बनता।
Sandhi Notes
- प्रेतो→प्रेतः
- ह्यमात्सर्यः→हि अमात्सर्यः
- तृष्णासङ्गविवर्जितः treated as compound (तृष्णा-सङ्ग-विवर्जितः)
Brāhmaṇa (continuation)
Outer rites (pitṛ-pūjā) are completed by inner purification (krodha/mātsarya/tṛṣṇā-saṅga-tyāga); both shape the subtle post-mortem trajectory.
Keep śrāddha/pitṛ-tarpaṇa with sincerity; adopt daily practices to reduce anger and envy (mauna, japa, mindful restraint, contentment).
Be devoted to pitṛ-pūjā/śrāddha and cultivate inner restraints: conquer anger, abandon envy, and renounce craving and attachment.
Proper ancestral honoring and mastery of passions prevent preta-bhāva; neglect of pitṛ-kārya and uncontrolled krodha/mātsarya/tṛṣṇā imply bondage and inauspicious after-death states.
Varāha Purāṇa 174.35-174.37 (dāna, yati/atithi/guru honor); Varāha Purāṇa 174.39 (moves toward tithi-vrata)
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It combines ritual duty (ancestor honor) with inner virtues (anger-control, non-envy, non-attachment), reflecting a synthesis of social and psychological ethics in Purāṇic teaching.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
Honor ancestors and cultivate self-restraint: freedom from anger, envy, craving, and attachment.
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