तत्रैव संस्थितं पश्येद्भूधरंनाम नामतः । उद्धृत्य पृथिवीं यस्माद्दंष्ट्राग्रेण दधार सः
tatraiva saṃsthitaṃ paśyedbhūdharaṃnāma nāmataḥ | uddhṛtya pṛthivīṃ yasmāddaṃṣṭrāgreṇa dadhāra saḥ
ત્યાં જ ‘ભૂધર’ નામે સ્થિત પવિત્ર સ્વરૂપનું દર્શન કરવું જોઈએ; કારણ કે તેમણે પૃથ્વીને ઉદ્ધરી દંષ્ટ્રાગ્ર પર ધારણ કરી હતી.
Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Bhūdhara (Vārāha-smṛti-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi assembly / tīrtha-inquirer (frame implied)
Scene: A sacred spot where the pilgrim ‘beholds’ Bhūdhara: Vārāha stands colossal, Earth-goddess (Bhū-devī) poised on his tusk-tip; waves of the cosmic ocean recede as land emerges.
Pilgrimage is sanctified by remembrance of divine cosmic protection—here, the Earth’s rescue associated with Varāha/Bhūdhara.
The Bhūdhara presence/site located in the Devikā-taṭa area within Prabhāsakṣetra.
The instruction is darśana: “one should behold/visit” the Bhūdhara site.
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