मैत्रावरुणिरुवाच । लोपामुद्रे स विप्रेंद्रो भोगान्भुक्त्वा मनोरमान् । मायापुर्यां कृतप्राणत्याग पुण्यबलेन च
maitrāvaruṇiruvāca | lopāmudre sa vipreṃdro bhogānbhuktvā manoramān | māyāpuryāṃ kṛtaprāṇatyāga puṇyabalena ca
Maitrāvaruṇi nói: Hỡi Lopāmudrā, vị bà-la-môn tối thắng ấy, sau khi thọ hưởng những lạc thú mỹ diệu, nhờ sức công đức do xả bỏ mạng sống tại Māyāpurī, lại đạt thêm các cảnh giới phúc lành về sau.
Maitrāvaruṇi
Tirtha: Māyāpurī (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Lopāmudrā
Scene: Maitrāvaruṇi narrates to Lopāmudrā: the brāhmaṇa, after enjoying delights, attains further blessed states by the merit of giving up life in Māyāpurī; Kāśī’s ghats and cremation fires are hinted as sacred, not grim.
Puranic dharma teaches that place-linked merit (sthāna-puṇya) can shape posthumous destiny when life is offered in a sanctified context.
Māyāpurī is named as the place where prāṇatyāga generated powerful merit.
Prāṇatyāga (relinquishing life) is referenced as an act bearing merit when connected to a sacred place; no procedural details are given.