Varaha Purana 36.18: Adhyaya 36, Shloka 18
Account of the Maṇija Kings and a Hymn to Govinda Leading to Liberation
अगोत्रमस्पर्शमरूपगन्ध- मनामनिर्देशमजं वरेण्यम् । गोपेन्द्र त्वां यद्युपासन्ति धीराः- स्ते मुक्तिभाजो भवबन्धमुक्ताः ॥ ३६.१८ ॥
agotramasparśam arūpagandha- manāmanirdeśam ajaṃ vareṇyam | gopendra tvāṃ yady upāsanti dhīrā- ste muktibhājo bhavabandhamuktāḥ || 36.18 ||
O Gopendra, wenn die standhaften Weisen dich verehren — dich, der jenseits von Geschlecht, jenseits von Berührung, jenseits von Gestalt und Duft, jenseits von Geist und sprachlicher Benennung ist, ungeboren und höchst verehrungswürdig — dann werden sie Teilhaber der Befreiung, gelöst von den Fesseln des Werdens.
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It exemplifies a Purāṇic synthesis of devotion (upāsanā) with philosophically apophatic language (describing the ultimate as beyond sense, mind, and naming), reflecting wider early-medieval Sanskrit theological and mokṣa-oriented discourse.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is theological and soteriological rather than on sacred geography.
The verse promotes disciplined contemplation/worship by the dhīra (steadfast wise), presenting liberation as the outcome of sustained orientation toward the highest principle beyond sensory and conceptual limitation.
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