Varaha Purana 166.1: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 1
The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa
धरण्युवाच ॥ श्रुतानि तु महादेव तीर्थानि विविधानि तु ॥ असिकुण्डेति संज्ञेयं तन्मे त्वं कथय प्रभो
dharaṇy uvāca || śrutāni tu mahādeva tīrthāni vividhāni tu || asikuṇḍeti saṃjñeyaṃ tan me tvaṃ kathaya prabho
Die Erde sprach: „O Mahādeva, ich habe von mancherlei Tīrthas gehört. Berichte mir, o Herr, von jenem, das unter dem Namen Asikuṇḍa bekannt ist.“
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
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It marks a new chapter transition framed as a question-answer unit, a standard Purāṇic method for cataloging sacred sites and their cultural functions.
A site named Asikuṇḍa (a 'kuṇḍa' or sacred pond/tank). The verse itself does not provide a modern identification.
It models inquiry-based transmission of knowledge: the inquirer requests precise information about sacred geography rather than asserting it without examination.
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