Varaha Purana 137.169: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 169
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
फलं चैव यथावृत्तं तीर्थे सौकरवे मम ॥ आख्यानानां महाख्यानं क्रियाणां च महाक्रिया ॥
phalaṃ caiva yathāvṛttaṃ tīrthe saukarave mama || ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ kriyāṇāṃ ca mahākriyā
मेरे सौकरव तीर्थ में जो हुआ, उसका रिज़ल्ट मैं बताता हूँ। यह कहानी सबसे बड़ी कहानी है। यह काम सबसे बड़ा काम है।
Varāha (instructor; ‘mama’ + Saukarava association suggests Varāha’s voice in this tīrtha frame)
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Such self-referential praise formulas (‘mahākhyāna’, ‘mahākriyā’) are characteristic of māhātmya literature and help identify textual units intended for recitation and pilgrimage promotion.
Saukarava is explicitly named as the tīrtha; its precise modern identification requires correlation with regional tīrtha lists and manuscript traditions.
The verse elevates the narrative and associated rites as exemplary, implicitly encouraging preservation of memory and disciplined performance of tīrtha-related practices.
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