Varaha Purana 174.81: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 81
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
येन यूयं न शक्ता मां बाधितुं पापकर्मिणः ॥ श्रवणद्वादशीयोगे व्रतं तिथिसमन्वितम् ॥
yena yūyaṁ na śaktā māṁ bādhituṁ pāpakarmiṇaḥ || śravaṇa-dvādaśī-yoge vrataṁ tithi-samanvitam ||
इस व्रत की वजह से तुम लोग जो पाप करते हो वो मुझे तकलीफ नहीं दे सकते। यह व्रत श्रवण और द्वादशी के दिन मिलने पर होता है। तभी इसका पूरा फल मिलता है।
Brāhmaṇa (probable continuation; speaker not re-marked)
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It illustrates how specific calendrical alignments (tithi + nakṣatra/yoga) structured popular observances and were understood as protective moral technologies.
No location is specified; the focus is on time-sacralization rather than place.
Regular vows tied to sacred time are portrayed as cultivating moral resilience and limiting the influence of harmful tendencies.
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