Varaha Purana 151.2: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 2
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
धरण्युवाच ॥ श्रुतमेतज्जगन्नाथ विष्णो गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा सुमहाभाग जाता॒स्मि विगतज्वरा ॥
dharaṇy uvāca || śrutam etaj jagannātha viṣṇo guhyam anuttamam || yac chrutvā sumahābhāga jātā'smi vigatajvarā ||
La Terre dit : J’ai entendu ce secret sans égal, ô Seigneur du monde, ô Viṣṇu. L’ayant entendu, ô très fortuné, je suis devenue sans fièvre, c’est-à-dire délivrée de l’affliction.
Pṛthivī (Dharā/Vasundharā)
Bhūdevī addresses Viṣṇu/Varāha directly as Jagannātha, acknowledging the ‘guhya’ teaching and expressing relief.
No direct question here; it is a testimonial of the transformative effect of hearing the secret teaching.
relieved, soothed; ‘vigata-jvarā’ (fever/distress removed)
Hearing divine/secret dharma-kathā removes inner ‘fever’—a metaphor for saṃtāpa (affliction) born of ignorance and burden.
Cultivate regular listening/recitation of purāṇic teachings; treat knowledge as medicine for anxiety, grief, and moral confusion.
Varāha Purāṇa: repeated motif of Bhū’s burden/relief and the curative power of Viṣṇu’s upadeśa
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It highlights the Earth-as-interlocutor motif central to Varāha narratives, where cosmological restoration is paired with didactic transmission through dialogue.
No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a transition into further discussion of sacred sites.
The verse values attentive hearing and knowledge as a means to resolve distress—an epistemic and moral theme in Purāṇic pedagogy.
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