Varaha Purana 126.28: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 28
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
इतः प्रीतोऽस्म्यहं देवि रैभ्यस्य च महात्मनः ॥ भक्त्या च परया चैव तेन चाराधितो ह्यहम्
itaḥ prīto 'smy ahaṃ devi raibhyasya ca mahātmanaḥ || bhaktyā ca parayā caiva tena cārādhito hy aham
देवी, इसलिए मैं खुश हूँ। रैभ्य बड़ा आदमी है, मैं उससे प्रसन्न हूँ। उसने बड़े प्यार से भक्ति की है। इसलिए उसने मुझे सच्चे दिल से पूजा है।
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It illustrates a Purāṇic evaluative criterion—devotion and ritual attention—as a mechanism for legitimizing persons and sites within sacred geography.
No new location is named in this half-verse; it functions as a theological-ethical endorsement within the Nirmālyakūṭa narrative frame.
It presents focused devotion and respectful worship (ārādhana) as the principal means of earning approval within the narrative’s moral logic.
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