Varaha Purana 126.186: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 186
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
एकचित्तं समाधाय शृणु सुन्दरि तत्त्वतः ॥ पञ्च वृक्षास्तु तिष्ठन्ति तद्दक्षिणदिशे क्षिते
ekacittaṃ samādhāya śṛṇu sundari tattvataḥ || pañca vṛkṣās tu tiṣṭhanti taddakṣiṇadiśe kṣite
ध्यान से सुनो, सुंदर। सच बता रहा हूँ। दक्षिण दिशा में ज़मीन पर पाँच पेड़ खड़े हैं।
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It records a landscape-marker description (trees, direction), valuable for understanding how sacred sites were mapped through natural features in textual tradition.
No new place-name appears; the verse provides internal spatial orientation (southern direction) within the Kubjāmra/Śakra-tīrtha setting.
Attentive learning and mindful perception: the listener is instructed to focus (ekacitta) and hear the site-description ‘in truth’ (tattvataḥ).
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