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Puranas are almost like an encyclopaedia listing the human achievements in
this part of the world till the time they were edited or compiled. In every
cycle of time the master editor called Vedavyas emerges to edit, vet and compile
these records. Their significance is enormous even in the present, as they give
a peep into the distant past of Hindus when the world was evolving and the
psyche of the race was being formed. These Puranas record the arguments
that make us to decide as to what is holy and what is vile; what is good and
what is bad. By going through them we can compare our present day jurisprudence
vis--vis the ancient norms. Apart from that, they are a huge store-house of
information conceiving every subject under the sun. It is with the view of
unearthing these gems that the present series of the puranas has been planned.
Hearing, reading, reciting Varaha Purana destroys ones sins, liberates one and
assuages the minds sufferings. It also yields sons and grandsons. When Varaha
Purana is heard in a Teertha it bestows much greater punya than received by
hearing it at any other place. Reading one chapter of the Varaha Purana grants
the same amount of Punya as can be obtained by donating to a Brahmin a healthy
cow. One gets the reward received by performing a huge yagya (sacrifice) if one
reads ten chapters of this Purana. He, who reads, listens or arranges the
recital of this Purana becomes beloved of Lord Narayana
immediately.
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