Varaha Purana 211.81: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 81
Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī
संस्मृतः कीर्तितो वापि दृष्टः स्पृष्टोऽपि वा प्रिये॥ पुनाति भगवद्भक्तश्चाण्डालोऽपि यदृच्छया॥
saṃsmṛtaḥ kīrtito vāpi dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭo ’pi vā priye || punāti bhagavadbhaktaś cāṇḍālo ’pi yadṛcchayā ||
प्रिये, एक बात सुनो। भगवान का भक्त जैसे भी मिले, वो साफ कर देता है। चाहे तुम उसका नाम लो, या उसकी तारीफ करो, या उसे देखो, या उसे छू भी लो। वो सबको साफ कर देता है। अगर कोई बड़ा पापी भी हो, वो भी साफ हो जाता है।
Varāha (addressing Pṛthivī as priye)
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It is an example of bhakti literature’s tendency to attribute spiritual efficacy to devotion in ways that can cross conventional social boundaries, while still using classical social categories found in the wider Sanskrit tradition.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
The verse emphasizes reverence for devotion as a purifying moral force, independent of social status, and highlights the ethical value placed on association with the devoted.
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