Varaha Purana 174.86: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 86
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
तीर्थाभिषेकिपुरुषाद्यथा तेषां दुरात्मनाम् ॥ प्रेतानामक्षयः स्वर्गः सरस्वत्याश्च सङ्गमात्
tīrthābhiṣekipuruṣādyathā teṣāṃ durātmanām || pretānāmakṣayaḥ svargaḥ sarasvatyāśca saṅgamāt
जिन लोगों का दिल बुरा होता है, वो मरने के बाद प्रेत बन जाते हैं। सरस्वती नदी के संगम से इनको भी स्वर्ग मिलता है। जैसे कोई तीर्थ पर नहाके साफ हो जाता है, वैसे ही यह लोग भी मुक्त हो जाते हैं।
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It reflects a common Purāṇic genre—tīrtha-māhātmya—where sacred confluences are described as granting merit and post-mortem benefit, indicating the cultural centrality of pilgrimage networks in early medieval South Asia.
A ‘saṅgama’ (confluence) associated with the Sarasvatī River; the exact modern identification varies in scholarship due to the debated historical geography of the Sarasvatī.
The verse emphasizes purification and the transformative role of culturally recognized heritage sites (tīrthas) in narratives of moral and post-mortem consequence.
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