Varaha Purana 112.5: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 5
Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot
Hema-kumbha
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणुष्व देवि तत्त्वेन पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇuṣva devi tattvena pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || yac chrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
श्रीवराह उवाच—शृणुष्व देवि तत्त्वेन पवित्रं पापनाशनम्। यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते, नात्र संशयः।
Varāha
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It uses a common Purāṇic pedagogical preface—inviting attentive listening and promising moral purification—reflecting the genre’s emphasis on transmission through recitation and hearing.
No location is identified; the verse serves as an instructional prelude.
The text presents ethical transformation as linked to attentive reception of teaching (śravaṇa), framed in neutral terms as moral purification.
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