The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
त्यक्त्वा वैखानसान् लोकान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ तत्रापि परमाश्चर्यं कथ्यमानं शृणुष्व मे ॥
tyaktvā vaikhānasān lokān mama lokaṁ sa gacchati || tatrāpi paramāścaryaṁ kathyamānaṁ śṛṇuṣva me ||
Nachdem er die Vaikhānasa-Welten verlassen hat, gelangt er in meine Welt. Und auch dort, höre mich an, wenn ich ein höchstes Wunder berichte.
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
It shows a common Purāṇic pedagogical device: cosmological reward statements followed by a rhetorical pivot to further ‘marvels,’ structuring oral-style instruction.
No earthly location is specified; ‘mama loka’ denotes the speaker’s realm within the text’s cosmological schema.
The passage reinforces a graded cosmology of outcomes tied to disciplined practice and devotion, culminating in access to the speaker’s realm.
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