Varaha Purana 147.31: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 31
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पञ्चरात्रोषितो नरः ॥ पञ्चानामपि यज्ञानां फलमाप्नोति मानवः ॥
tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta pañcarātroṣito naraḥ | pañcānām api yajñānāṃ phalam āpnoti mānavaḥ ||
అక్కడ ఐదు రాత్రులు నివసించిన మనిషి స్నానం చేయవలెను; అతడు ఐదు యజ్ఞాల ఫలాన్ని కూడా పొందుతాడు.
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It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of translating large-scale Vedic-sacrificial merit into accessible tīrtha-based practices, relevant to the social history of ritual.
The practice is anchored at the previously named Go-niṣkrama tīrtha; no further modern identification is supplied in this excerpt.
Commitment to a sustained, structured observance (five nights) is presented as a disciplined pathway to culturally valued outcomes.
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