Varaha Purana 174.73: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 73
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
(वामनस्तुतिम्) अन्नं प्रजापतिर् विष्णुरुद्रचन्द्रेन्द्रभास्कराः ॥ अन्नं त्वष्टा यमोऽग्निश्च पापं हरतु मेऽव्ययः
(vāmanastutim) annaṃ prajāpatiḥ viṣṇur rudracandrendrabhāskarāḥ || annaṃ tvaṣṭā yamo ’gniś ca pāpaṃ haratu me ’vyayaḥ
यह वामन की स्तुति है। खाना में प्रजापति है, विष्णु है। रुद्र, चाँद, इंद्र, सूरज सब खाना में हैं। त्वष्टा, यम, अग्नि भी खाना में हैं। जो कभी खत्म नहीं होता, वो मेरा पाप दूर करे।
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It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to universalize a basic resource (anna, sustenance) as a cosmological connective, bridging ritual, ethics, and social life.
No geographic site is mentioned; the verse is a conceptual cosmology centered on sustenance (anna).
It links sustenance with moral purification: recognizing the centrality of food encourages responsible use and distribution, while seeking removal of wrongdoing.
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