Varaha Purana 174.93: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 93
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
उपवासपरो नित्यं न स प्रेतोऽभिजायते ॥ गां ब्राह्मणं च तीर्थानि पर्वतांश्च नदीस्तथा
upavāsaparo nityaṃ na sa preto'bhijāyate || gāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ca tīrthāni parvatāṃśca nadīstathā
जो रोज़ा रखता है वो भूत नहीं बनता। गाय, ब्राह्मण, तीर्थ, पहाड़ और नदियों की इज्जत करनी चाहिए।
Varāha (default, narrative voice not explicitly marked)
FAQs
It links personal discipline (fasting) with a wider cultural valuation of persons and landscapes, illustrating how Purāṇic ethics integrates social and geographic sacrality.
No single named site; it references categories of natural and cultural features (tīrthas, mountains, rivers) as significant.
Sustained self-discipline and respectful treatment of culturally valued beings and landscapes are presented as protective against negative post-mortem states.
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