Varaha Purana 190.45: Adhyaya 190, Shloka 45
Determinative Exposition on Śrāddha and the Pitṛyajña
Ancestral Offering
तानुद्धृत्य वरारोहे सोमलोकं स गच्छति ॥ मुक्तेन नीलषण्डेन यत्पुण्यं जायते भुवि ॥
tān uddhṛtya varārohe somalokaṃ sa gacchati || muktena nīlaṣaṇḍena yatpuṇyaṃ jāyate bhuvi ||
जब वो पितरों को नरक से ऊपर ला लेते हैं, वो सोम लोक चले जाते हैं। बहुत अच्छी जगह है। और जो भी पुण्य इस नीले बैल को आज़ाद करने से मिलता है, वो बहुत बड़ा होता है।
Varāha
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It exemplifies how Purāṇic texts connect household-linked ethical acts with cosmological destinations (e.g., Somaloka) as part of a moral narrative.
No terrestrial place is named; Somaloka is a cosmological realm rather than a geographic site.
Meritorious action is portrayed as benefiting both ancestors and the actor, reinforcing intergenerational responsibility.
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