Varaha Purana 17.72: Adhyaya 17, Shloka 72
King Prajāpāla’s Visit to Sage Mahātapā’s Hermitage and the Doctrinal Praise of Nārāyaṇa
इन्द्रियार्थाश्च पितरो भविष्यन्ति न संशयः । अयं सोमः स्वयं भूत्वा यामित्रं सर्वदामराः ॥ १७.७२ ॥
indriyārthāś ca pitaro bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ | ayaṃ somaḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā yāmitraṃ sarvadāmarāḥ || 17.72 ||
Przedmioty zmysłów staną się Pitṛs, nie ma co do tego wątpliwości. Ten Soma, sam się stawszy objawionym, staje się sojusznikiem Yamy; jest on zawsze wśród nieśmiertelnych.
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of cosmological mapping in which ritual and metaphysical categories (Soma, Pitṛs, Yama) are interrelated, illustrating how early Sanskrit traditions linked ancestry, afterlife governance, and ritual substances/deities.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological and ritual-ancestral classification rather than sacred geography.
The verse primarily conveys a philosophical-cosmological assertion (about the status/relations of sense-objects, Pitṛs, Soma, and Yama) rather than a direct ethical injunction; implicitly it supports the cultural logic of ancestral rites and ordered cosmic governance.
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