Varaha Purana 167.30: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 30
The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation
एकस्नानस्य हि फलं तव दत्तं च राक्षस ॥ विप्रे चेति उक्तमात्रे च मोक्षावासमवाप सः ॥
ekasnānasyā hi phalaṃ tava dattaṃ ca rākṣasa || vipre ceti uktamātre ca mokṣāvāsam avāpa saḥ
“ผลแห่งการอาบน้ำพิธีกรรมเพียงครั้งเดียวได้มอบแก่เจ้าแล้ว โอ้รากษส” เพียงพราหมณ์เอ่ยถ้อยคำนี้ เขาก็ได้ถึงที่พำนักแห่งโมกษะ
Narrator (implicit); quoted speech attributed to Vipra
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It exemplifies tīrtha-māhātmya rhetoric where minimal ritual action (or its transfer/acknowledgment) is portrayed as yielding maximal salvific result.
The specific tīrtha is implied by the surrounding context (Viśrānti-tīrtha), though not named in this line.
The verse emphasizes moral transformation and the possibility of release from degraded states, framed through ritual merit and authoritative speech.
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