Varaha Purana 28.43: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 43
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
यश्चेदं शृणुयाज्जन्म देव्याः यश्च स्वयं पठेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः परं निर्वाणमृच्छति ॥ २८.४३ ॥
yaś cedam śṛṇuyāj janma devyā yaś ca svayaṃ paṭhet | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ nirvāṇam ṛcchati || 28.43 ||
जो यह सुनेगा कि देवी कैसे पैदा हुई, उसके सारे पाप खत्म हो जायेंगे। जो खुद पढ़ेगा, वो भी मुक्त हो जायेगा। वो सच्ची आज़ादी पा लेगा।
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of textual legitimation: framing listening (śravaṇa) and recitation (pāṭha) as culturally valued practices that transmit narrative tradition and moral instruction while promising transformative benefit.
No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on the practice of hearing/reciting a narrative about the Goddess’s origin.
The verse promotes disciplined engagement with the text—listening and recitation—as a means of moral purification (freedom from pāpa) and as a pathway toward the highest form of liberation (nirvāṇa).
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