Varaha Purana 144.67: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 67
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
स्नात्वा तु बाणगङ्गायां दृष्ट्वा बाणेश्वरं प्रभुम् ॥ गङ्गास्नानफलं प्राप्य मोदते देववद्दिवि ॥
snātvā tu bāṇagaṅgāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇeśvaraṃ prabhum || gaṅgā-snānaphalaṃ prāpya modate devavad divi ||
Dengan mandi suci di Bāṇagaṅgā dan menatap Tuhan Bāṇeśvara, seseorang memperoleh pahala seperti mandi di Sungai Gaṅgā dan bersukacita di syurga laksana para dewa.
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It records a common Purāṇic strategy: establishing local water-sites and shrines as ritually equivalent to pan-Indic paradigms (here, Gaṅgā bathing), aiding the formation of regional pilgrimage networks.
Bāṇagaṅgā and the associated shrine of Bāṇeśvara; modern identification depends on regional toponymy and archaeological/epigraphic correlation.
The verse promotes disciplined ritual action (bathing and respectful viewing/darśana) as a means of moral-spiritual cultivation, framed in the idiom of merit.
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