Varaha Purana 147.64: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 64
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
सप्तसप्ततिः कल्याणि सौरभेया महौजसः ॥ तेनाप्लावितदेहाश्च परां निर्वृतिमागताः
saptasaptatiḥ kalyāṇi saurabheyā mahaujasaḥ || tenāplāvitadehāś ca parāṁ nirvṛtim āgatāḥ
హే కల్యాణీ! మహౌజస్సుగల సౌరభేయులు డెబ్బైఏడు మంది; దానితో దేహం స్నానమై వారు పరమ నిర్వృతిని పొందిరి.
Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not marked in this verse-fragment)
FAQs
It exemplifies phala-śruti rhetoric—enumerating benefits and exemplary recipients—often used to promote pilgrimage, ritual bathing, and ethical conduct within Purāṇic transmission.
The specific site is not named in this line; it likely continues the Gaṅgādvāra/kṣetra context from the surrounding passage.
The passage associates purification (symbolized by bathing) with inner repose, framing bodily and moral ‘cleansing’ as linked practices.
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