Shloka 5
नारदमोहवर्णनम् — Description of Nārada’s Delusion
मुनिमार्गस्य मध्ये तु विरेचे नगरं महत् । शतयोजनविस्तारमद्भुतं सुमनोहरम्
munimārgasya madhye tu virece nagaraṃ mahat | śatayojanavistāramadbhutaṃ sumanoharam
In the midst of the sages’ sacred path there shone a great city named Vireca—marvelous and exceedingly charming—spreading across a hundred yojanas.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
The verse establishes a sanctified landscape: a wondrous city situated on the “path of sages,” suggesting that holy environments support dharma, purification, and Shaiva devotion that ultimately ripens into grace (anugraha) and liberation.
By highlighting a divinely ordered sacred city, the text prepares the setting where Saguna Shiva worship—often centered on the Linga—can be performed with heightened merit; sacred space in the Purana is repeatedly linked to effective puja, vows, and remembrance of Shiva.
A practical takeaway is tīrtha-mindedness: walking a “munimārga” with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and maintaining inner purity; while this verse doesn’t mention bhasma or rudraksha directly, it supports the Shaiva discipline of pilgrimage-like devotion and steady mantra practice.