The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama
Badrinath Region
इन्द्रलोकमिति ख्यातो बदर्यां च ममाश्रमः ॥ तत्राहं देवि शक्रेण निष्कलं परितोषितः ॥
indralokam iti khyāto badaryāṃ ca mamāśramaḥ || tatrāhaṃ devi śakreṇa niṣkalaṃ paritoṣitaḥ ||
बदरी में मेरा आश्रम है, लोग उसे इंद्रलोक कहते हैं। वहाँ इंद्र ने मुझे बहुत खुश किया। देवी, मैं बिलकुल खुश था वहाँ।
Varāha
It preserves a toponymic tradition (a site called ‘Indraloka’) and situates it within a mythic-historical register typical of Purāṇic tīrtha descriptions.
Badarī (Badrinath region). ‘Indraloka’ appears as a local epithet for a hermitage-site within that sacred geography.
Implicitly, reverence and attentiveness to sacred geography as a carrier of cultural memory; no direct moral injunction is stated.
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