Varaha Purana 126.5: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 5
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
एतैश्चिह्नैस्तु विज्ञेयं तत्तीर्थं विदितात्मभिः ॥ अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थं कुब्जाम्रके महत् ॥
etaiś cihnais tu vijñeyaṃ tat tīrthaṃ viditātmabhiḥ | anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tīrthaṃ kubjāmrake mahat ||
इन सब चीज़ों से पता चलता है कि यह तीर्थ है। जो लोग समझ रखते हैं वो पहचान लेते हैं। मैं तुम्हे कुब्जाम्रक का एक बड़ा तीर्थ और बताता हूँ।
Varāha (instructor voice implied by “pravakṣyāmi”)
FAQs
It reflects a documentary impulse in tīrtha literature: encoding recognizable ‘signs’ that help communities locate and remember pilgrimage landscapes.
Kubjāmraka is named as the location of a “great tīrtha.”
Discernment (viditātman) and careful recognition of cultural heritage markers are valued as responsible engagement with sacred landscapes.
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