Varaha Purana 126.1: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 1
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
अथ कुब्जाम्रकमाहात्म्यारम्भः ॥ तत्र रैभ्यानुग्रहः ॥ श्रुत्वा मायाबलं ह्येतद्धरणी संशितव्रता ॥ वराहरूपिणं देवं प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धरा ॥
atha kubjāmraka-māhātmya-ārambhaḥ | tatra raibhyānugrahaḥ | śrutvā māyābalaṃ hy etad dharaṇī saṃśitavratā | varāharūpiṇaṃ devaṃ pratyuvāca vasundharā ||
अब कुब्जाम्रक की कथा शुरू होती है। इसमें रैभ्य को वरदान मिलता है। यह सब सुन के वसुंधरा ने वराह रूप वाले भगवान को जवाब दिया।
Narrator (frame) → Pṛthivī/Vasundharā begins speaking
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It functions as a section incipit (opening marker) for a tīrtha-māhātmya unit, a genre central to Purāṇic mapping of cultural heritage landscapes.
Kubjāmraka is named as the focal sacred site; precise modern identification varies in scholarship and requires correlation with regional toponymy and pilgrimage records.
The framing models disciplined inquiry: the Earth listens, reflects, and responds within a structured teacher–inquirer dialogue.
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