Varaha Purana 174.7: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 7
The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship
तथा चोत्तरकोट्यां तु तथा मन्माथुरं च यत् ॥ क्रमेण सर्वतीर्थानि स्नात्वा मामपि पुष्करम्
tathā cottarakoṭyāṃ tu tathā manmāthuraṃ ca yat || krameṇa sarvatīrthāni snātvā mām api puṣkaram
അതുപോലെ ഉത്തര-കോടിയിലും, അതുപോലെ എന്റെ മഥുരാസംബന്ധമായ സ്ഥലത്തിലും—ക്രമമായി എല്ലാ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, എന്നായ പുഷ്കരത്തിലും സ്നാനം ചെയ്യാൻ അവൻ നിശ്ചയിച്ചു।
Narrator (default framework: Varāha’s discourse to Pṛthivī)
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It reflects how Purāṇic texts encode networks of tīrthas (sacred sites) and prescribe sequential bathing as a formalized cultural practice.
Puṣkara is explicitly named; it is widely identified with the Puṣkara region near Ajmer (Rajasthan), a major pan-Indian tīrtha in later and classical sources.
The implied instruction is orderly completion of a vowed itinerary—performing actions in sequence and with consistency.
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