Varaha Purana 126.8: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 8
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
तीर्थं मानसरो नाम सर्वभागवतप्रियम् ॥ तस्मिन् स्नातो वरारोहे गच्छते मानसं सरः
tīrthaṃ mānasaro nāma sarvabhāgavatapriyam || tasmin snāto varārohe gacchate mānasaṃ saraḥ
एक तीर्थ है जिसका नाम मानसर है। भगवान के सब भक्त इससे बहुत प्यार करते हैं। वहाँ नहाने से इंसान मानसर सरोवर तक पहुँच जाता है।
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It records a Purāṇic itinerary motif: bathing at a named tīrtha is linked to attaining another sacral landscape (a lake), reflecting how texts map religious geography through narrative reward structures.
Mānasara/Mānasasaras corresponds to the Mānasarovar (Lake Manasarovar) tradition in trans-Himalayan sacred geography; precise identification is broadly accepted in scholarship, though local variants exist.
The passage promotes disciplined observance (snāna) as a cultural practice tied to place-based heritage and personal purification, presented descriptively rather than coercively.
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