Varaha Purana 174.88: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 88
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
यः पठेत्परया भक्त्या शृणुयाद्भक्तितत्परः ॥ करोति श्रद्धया युक्तो न प्रेतो जायते नरः
yaḥ paṭhetparayā bhaktyā śṛṇuyādbhaktitatparaḥ || karoti śraddhayā yukto na preto jāyate naraḥ
जो कोई भी यह पूरा दिल से पढ़ता है या सुनता है, उसका काम बन जाता है। श्रद्धा से जो करता है, वो कभी प्रेत नहीं बनता। उसका जन्म ऐसा नहीं होता।
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It shows how Purāṇic texts link devotional literacy/orality (reading and hearing) with moral formation and post-mortem outcomes, supporting the social role of recitation traditions.
None in this verse; it functions as a general promise attached to the surrounding tīrtha narrative.
Cultivating devotion and faith through disciplined engagement (recitation, listening, and practice) is presented as ethically and existentially beneficial.
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