Varaha Purana 187.62: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 62
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
मृत्युकालमनुप्राप्य गतो दिव्यां परां गतिम् ॥ एतत्सर्वं विदित्वा तु नानुशोचितुमर्हति
mṛtyukālam anuprāpya gato divyāṁ parāṁ gatim || etat sarvaṁ viditvā tu nānuśocitum arhati
जब उसका वक़्त आया, वो मरा नहीं। वो सीधा भगवान के पास गया। यह सब जान के तुम दुखी मत हो। उसके लिए अच्छा हुआ।
Nārada (implied by narrative flow)
FAQs
It exemplifies a widespread Purāṇic consolatory motif: death is framed as a transition to a ‘higher state,’ and the teaching aims to regulate grief within a dharma-informed worldview.
No geographic identifier is present in this verse.
The instruction is emotional-ethical restraint: informed understanding of death’s inevitability and the deceased’s ‘higher destination’ is presented as a basis for reducing grief.
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