Varaha Purana 36.8: Adhyaya 36, Shloka 8
Account of the Maṇija Kings and a Hymn to Govinda Leading to Liberation
सर्वे भूमिमिमां राजन् भुक्त्वा ते वसुधाधिपाः । इष्ट्वा च विविधैर्यज्ञैर्दिवं प्राप्स्यन्त्यसंशयम् ॥ ३६.८ ॥
sarve bhūmim imāṃ rājan bhuktvā te vasudhādhipāḥ | iṣṭvā ca vividhair yajñair divaṃ prāpsyanty asaṃśayam || 36.8 ||
O König, all jene Herrscher der Erde—nachdem sie dieses Land genossen (das heißt regiert) und Opferhandlungen (Yajñas) vieler Arten vollzogen haben—werden ohne Zweifel den Himmel erlangen.
Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis of political authority and ritual responsibility, presenting ideal kingship as governance of land coupled with public sacrificial patronage—an ethic frequently used to frame legitimacy and merit in early Sanskrit textual cultures.
No specific pilgrimage site or named geography is mentioned in this verse; the reference is general—'this earth/land' (imāṃ bhūmim)—used as a political and cosmological category rather than a mapped location.
The verse promotes an ethic of responsible rulership and ritual patronage: rulers who govern the earth and support diverse yajñas are portrayed as accruing merit leading to heavenly attainment, emphasizing accountability in power and public religious-ritual life as a cultural ideal.
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