Varaha Purana 143.37: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 37
Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove
अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान् तस्मिन्गुह्ये यशस्विनि ॥ सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥
athātra muñcate prāṇān tasmin guhye yaśasvini || sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati
जब कोई यहाँ इस गुह्य तीर्थ में मरने के वक्त अपना साँस छोड़ता है, वो सब रिश्ते-नाते छोड़ देता है। फिर वो सीधा मेरे पास आता है।
Varāha
FAQs
It reflects a common Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya pattern: specific places are mapped as culturally significant landscapes where death or ritual practice is said to yield a post-mortem destination, illustrating how pilgrimage networks shaped regional memory.
The verse refers generally to a 'guhya' (secret) tīrtha; the surrounding verses specify southern and western directions and named waterbodies, suggesting a localized sacred topography rather than a universally fixed site.
Detachment (sarvasaṅga-parityāga) is foregrounded as the inner discipline associated with the promised result, aligning ritual geography with an ethical-philosophical ideal.
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