Varaha Purana 29.17: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 17
The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance
यश्चैतच्छृणुयाज्जन्म दिशां नियतमानसः । स प्रतिष्ठामवाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोके न संशयः ॥ २९.१७ ॥
yaś caitac chṛṇuyāj janma diśāṁ niyatamānasaḥ | sa pratiṣṭhām avāpnoti brahmaloke na saṁśayaḥ || 29.17 ||
जो इंसान दिल से सुनता है कि दिशाओं की शुरुआत कैसे हुई, वो ब्रह्मा के धाम में पक्का जगह पाता है। कोई शक नहीं।
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary device (phalaśruti) that appends a stated benefit to the act of hearing a narrative, reflecting how texts were transmitted and valued in oral-aural traditions.
No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; it refers instead to cosmological space (the directions/quarters) and a posthumous cosmological realm (Brahma-loka).
The verse foregrounds disciplined attention (niyata-mānasaḥ) as the proper disposition for receiving cosmological knowledge, presenting attentive listening as a formative practice.
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