Varaha Purana 174.97: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 97
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
(छत्रादिदानम्) पर्जन्यो वरुणः सूर्यः सलिलं केशवः शिवः ॥ अग्निर्वैश्रवणो देवः पापं हरतु मेऽव्ययः ॥
(chatrādidānam) parjanyo varuṇaḥ sūryaḥ salilaṁ keśavaḥ śivaḥ || agnir vaiśravaṇo devaḥ pāpaṁ haratu me 'vyayaḥ ||
पानी, सूर्य, वरुण, केशव, शिव, अग्नि और वैश्रवण देवता। यह सब मेरा पाप मिटा दें। यह शक्ति कभी खत्म नहीं होती।
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It documents a donation-related (dāna) ritual formula and a syncretic list of deities, useful for reconstructing medieval North Indian ritual and devotional ecologies.
None is explicitly named here; the focus is on a general purificatory invocation associated with dāna practice.
The verse frames charitable giving (dāna) and moral purification as linked—ethical repair is sought through disciplined generosity and remembrance of cosmic order.
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