Varaha Purana 125.116: Adhyaya 125, Shloka 116
The Cycle of Māyā
Illusory Causation and Perceptual Reversal
अहं मायाप्रलोभेन गङ्गातीरमुपागतः ॥ दण्डं कुण्डीं च वस्त्रं च तीरे संस्थाप्य यत्ननः ॥ ततः स्नानविधानेन निमग्नस्तज्जलेऽमले ॥
ahaṃ māyāpralobhena gaṅgātīram upāgataḥ || daṇḍaṃ kuṇḍīṃ ca vastraṃ ca tīre saṃsthāpya yatnataḥ || tataḥ snānavidhānena nimagnas tajjale 'male ||
अहं मायाप्रलोभेन गङ्गातीरमुपागतः। दण्डं कुण्डीं च वस्त्रं च तीरे यत्नतः संस्थाप्य, ततः स्नानविधानेन तज्जलेऽमले निमग्नः।
Niṣāda (continuing his account; inferred from prior verse)
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It documents a standardized ritual-bathing scene at the Gaṅgā, including ascetic implements, valuable for reconstructing ritual practice and material culture in Sanskrit narrative texts.
Gaṅgā-tīra (the bank of the Ganges), a major sacred geography marker widely attested across Purāṇic and dharma literature.
The verse frames self-awareness about being 'lured by delusion' and implicitly cautions that ritual settings can become contexts for moral testing.
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