Varaha Purana 190.33: Adhyaya 190, Shloka 33
Determinative Exposition on Śrāddha and the Pitṛyajña
Ancestral Offering
तिर्यग्भ्यश्च विमुच्यन्ते प्रेतभावेन मानवाः ॥ नरके पच्यमानानां त्राता भवति मानवः ॥
tiryagbhiyaś ca vimucyante pretabhāvena mānavāḥ | narake pacyamānānāṃ trātā bhavati mānavaḥ ||
പ്രേതഭാവം മുഖേന (സഹായം ലഭിച്ചാൽ) തിര്യക്യോണിയിൽ വീണ മനുഷ്യരും മോചിതരാകുന്നു; നരകത്തിൽ പീഡിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവർക്കു മനുഷ്യൻ തന്നെ രക്ഷകനാകുന്നു।
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It reflects a Purāṇic-era synthesis of ritual duty and post-mortem cosmology, emphasizing social-ethical responsibility toward the departed.
No specific sacred geography is named in this verse fragment.
Humans are portrayed as capable of aiding the departed, implying responsibility toward ancestors and vulnerable beings through prescribed rites.
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