Varaha Purana 145.18: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 18
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
पर्यटामि महीं सर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् ।। इदानीं खलु दृष्टोऽसि चक्रपाणे महाप्रभो ।।
paryaṭāmi mahīṃ sarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām || idānīṃ khalu dṛṣṭo’si cakrapāṇe mahāprabho ||
„Ich bin über die ganze Erde gewandert, mit ihren Bergen, Wäldern und wilden Hainen. Nun aber habe ich dich wahrhaft gesehen, o Cakrapāṇi, großer Herr.“
Sālaṅkāyana Ṛṣi
Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":true}
Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"observer","bhu_devi_state":"observer; hearing of the ṛṣi’s pilgrimage and vision"}
Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false,"parikrama_context":"General ‘paryaṭana’ (wandering) across the earth; not a defined Mathurā-parikramā","krishna_connection":"Address ‘Cakrapāṇi’ evokes Viṣṇu; no explicit Vraja/Kṛṣṇa localization"}
Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}
Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":false}
Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}
Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"tīrtha-yātrā oriented to darśana","core_concept":"External wandering finds completion only in direct vision of the Divine (darśana), which grants meaning to the journey","practical_application":"Let pilgrimage mature into inner recognition—seek not only places but the Presence that sanctifies them"}
Subject Matter: ["Sacred Geography","Pilgrimage/Travel","Landscape Description"]
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: śānta
Type: pan-Indian/cosmic terrestrial sweep
Related Themes: Varāha Purāṇa 145.18 (tapas motive); Varāha Purāṇa 145.21 (boon request follows darśana)
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"The sage recounts his long wandering across varied landscapes—mountains, dense forests, and wild groves—ending with a moment of awe as he beholds Cakrapāṇi.","item_prompts":["mountain range backdrop","forest canopy and wild groves","traveler-sage with staff and waterpot","distant radiant Viṣṇu/Varāha presence with cakra"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: panoramic band of mountains and forests, sage in travel posture, deity with stylized cakra aura, rhythmic foliage patterns.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: deity emphasized with gold halo and cakra, landscape simplified into symbolic mountains/trees, sage foregrounded in devotional stance.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined landscape gradations, sage mid-step, soft glow around Cakrapāṇi, elegant detailing of bark/leaf textures.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: lyrical rolling hills and pine-like trees, small traveling sage figure, luminous deity vision in the sky/clearing"}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"awe-filled narrative","suggested_raga":"Bhairav","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, slightly uplifted on ‘dṛṣṭo’si’"}
FAQs
It reflects a cultural memory of extensive itinerancy (paryaṭana) and encodes a premodern ecological lexicon for terrain classification.
No single site is named; the phrase ‘the entire earth’ functions as a universalized geographic scope.
It presents perseverance and long-term effort (wandering/seeking) as legitimate preparation for a consequential request.
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