Varaha Purana 7.21: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 21
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
तेनास्मद्युगपद्य्योगो जातो वाक्येन सत्तम । तीर्थप्रभावाद् गच्छामः पितृलोकं न संशयः ॥ ७.२१ ॥
tenāsmad-yugapad-yogo jāto vākyena sattama | tīrtha-prabhāvād gacchāmaḥ pitṛlokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 7.21 ||
وبتلك الكلمة، يا أسمى أهل الصلاح، نشأت لنا صلةٌ فوريةٌ بفضل قولك. وبقوة التيرثا (المَعبر المقدّس) نمضي إلى عالم الأسلاف—لا ريب في ذلك.
Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic motif: tīrthas (pilgrimage sites) are presented as culturally significant landscapes whose perceived efficacy connects ethical action, ritual speech, and post-mortem destinies, illustrating how sacred geography functioned in premodern South Asian textual culture.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse fragment; it refers generically to a tīrtha’s ‘prabhāva’ (efficacy). Identification depends on surrounding verses in Adhyāya 7.
The verse emphasizes the transformative capacity of disciplined speech and engagement with culturally recognized sacred spaces, presenting them as means toward ancestral remembrance and continuity rather than as coercive doctrine.
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