Varaha Purana 188.23: Adhyaya 188, Shloka 23
Section on the Origin and Procedure of Piṇḍa-Rites and Śrāddha: Rules of Mourning Impurity
Aśauca
वर्जनीया बुधैरेते प्रेतकार्येषु सुन्दरी॥ देवतासुरगन्धर्वाः पिशाचोरगराक्षसाः॥
varjanīyā budhair ete pretakāryeṣu sundarī || devatāsuragandharvāḥ piśācoragarākṣasāḥ ||
सुंदर, समझदार लोग प्रेत के काम में इन चीज़ों को छोड़ देते हैं। देवता, असुर, गंधर्व, पिशाच, नाग और राक्षस - यह सब से दूर रहना।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cataloguing of beings as part of ritual discourse, useful for mapping how cosmological lists intersect with domestic rites in Sanskrit literature.
No geographic place is identified; the verse is taxonomic rather than topographic.
It instructs restraint and caution in ritual performance by avoiding contexts associated with disruptive or inauspicious presences.
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