Varaha Purana 174.43: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 43
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
मातरं पितरं भ्रातृभगिन्यौ च स्त्रियं सुतम् ॥ अदुष्टान्यस्त्यजेत्सोऽपि प्रेतो भवति च ध्रुवम् ॥
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ bhrātṛ-bhaginyau ca striyaṃ sutam || aduṣṭān yastyajet so 'pi preto bhavati ca dhruvam
जो अपनी माँ को छोड़ देता है, बाप को छोड़ देता है। भाई बहन को, बीवी को, बच्चे को छोड़ देता है। जबकि वो लोग कोई गलती नहीं करते। वो पक्का प्रेत बन जाता है।
Vipra (continuation)
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It highlights the centrality of kinship obligations in Purāṇic moral instruction and provides evidence for normative family ethics in Sanskrit textual culture.
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Do not abandon blameless dependents and close family members; the text frames such abandonment as severely harmful in karmic terms.
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