Varaha Purana 176.45: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 45
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
आत्मनश्च विशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रजज्वाल हुताशनम् ॥ इति निश्चित्य तत्रैव स्नात्वा देवं प्रणम्य च ॥
ātmanaś ca viśuddhyarthaṃ prajajvāla hutāśanam || iti niścitya tatraiva snātvā devaṃ praṇamya ca ||
സ്വശുദ്ധിക്കായി അവൾ ഹുതാശനത്തെ (അഗ്നിയെ) ജ്വലിപ്പിച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ നിശ്ചയിച്ച് അവിടെ തന്നേ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് ദേവനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic sequence—resolve, ritual preparation, bathing, and homage—useful for reconstructing lived religious-ritual patterns around tīrthas.
The verse implies the same tīrtha context as the surrounding passage but does not name a new location.
Purification is framed as a deliberate, enacted resolution involving both bodily (bathing) and devotional (bowing) components.
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