Varaha Purana 126.84: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 84
The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas
यस्मिन् स्नात्वा विशालाक्षि गच्छते नन्दनं वनम् ॥ दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं वै मोदते चाप्सरैः सह
yasmin snātvā viśālākṣi gacchate nandanaṃ vanam || divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai modate cāpsaraiḥ saha
बड़ी आँखों वाली, वहाँ नहा के इंसान नंदन वन जाता है। वहाँ देवों के पास हज़ार साल तक खुश रहता है। अप्सराओं के साथ मज़े करता है।
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It exemplifies tīrtha-māhātmya reward language, important for studying pilgrimage promotion and cosmological imagination in Purāṇas.
The verse points to an unnamed tīrtha (contextually linked to “Mānasa” earlier) and mentions Nandana grove as a mythic-heavenly location.
The instruction encourages ritual bathing as a disciplined practice associated with merit, framed in a culturally conventional reward idiom.
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