Varaha Purana 45.9: Adhyaya 45, Shloka 9
Ritual Procedure for Worship of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in the Month of Jyeṣṭha
तावद् भोगान् भुञ्जते स्वर्गसंस्थो यावदिन्द्राः दश च द्विद्विसंख्याः । अतीतकाले पुनरेत्य मर्त्यो भवेत राजा शतयज्ञयाजी । नश्यन्ति पापानि च तस्य पुंसः प्राप्नोति निर्वाणमलं च शाश्वतम् ॥ ४५.९ ॥
tāvad bhogān bhuñjate svargasaṃstho yāvad indrā daśa ca dvidvisaṃkhyāḥ | atītakāle punaretya martyo bhaveta rājā śatayajñayājī | naśyanti pāpāni ca tasya puṃsaḥ prāpnoti nirvāṇam alaṃ ca śāśvatam || 45.9 ||
Tak długo przebywający w niebie używa rozkoszy, tak długo, jak trwa okres dziesięciu Indr i tych liczonych jako dwa razy tyle. Gdy ten czas minie, śmiertelnik powraca znów do ludzkiej kondycji i staje się królem, wykonawcą stu ofiar. Grzechy tego człowieka zostają zniszczone, a on osiąga trwałe, nieskalane nirwanę (wyzwolenie).
Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicitly marked in the excerpt)
Even extremely long heavenly enjoyment is finite; merit ripens into high rebirth (kingship, śatayajña), and through accumulated purity one reaches stainless, enduring liberation.
Treat svarga as a temporary fruit; prioritize actions that purify (yajña/niṣkāma-dharma, devotion) and aim for mokṣa rather than only celestial reward.
Varāha Purāṇa: adjacent discourse on merit (puṇya), loka-phala, and mokṣa-phalāni (contextual continuity within the same adhyāya)
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It reflects Purāṇic synthesis of karmic reward (svarga enjoyment), royal-sacrificial ideology (śatayajña), and liberation language (nirvāṇa), illustrating how later Sanskrit traditions link ritual merit with broader soteriological goals.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is temporal-cosmological (duration in heaven and cycles of Indras) rather than topographical sacred geography.
The verse emphasizes the impermanence of heavenly pleasures and frames ethical-ritual action as capable of purifying wrongdoing, culminating in an ideal of enduring liberation described as “stainless nirvāṇa.”
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