Varaha Purana 174.37: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 37
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
देवांश्च वन्दते नित्यं न प्रेतो जायते हि सः ॥ प्रेता ऊचुः ॥ त्वत्तस्तच्छ्रुतमस्माभिर्यो न प्रेतोऽभिजायते ॥
devāṃś ca vandate nityaṃ na preto jāyate hi saḥ || pretā ūcuḥ || tvattas tac chrutam asmābhir yo na preto 'bhijāyate
जो रोज़ देवताओं को प्रणाम करता है, वो भी प्रेत नहीं बनता। प्रेत बोले, आपसे सुना है कि प्रेत कैसे नहीं बनते। अब बताओ प्रेत कैसे बनते हैं।
Pretāḥ (explicit)
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The verse preserves a didactic dialogue form, where non-human interlocutors (pretas) prompt ethical clarification—typical of Purāṇic instructional narrative.
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Regular reverence/veneration is framed as a stabilizing practice associated with avoiding an inauspicious post-mortem state.
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