Varaha Purana 143.38: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 38
Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove
तस्य विक्रोशमात्रेण दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रितः ॥ गुह्यो गभीरको नाम अगाधश्च महाह्रदः ॥
tasya vikrośamātreṇa dakṣiṇāṃ diśam āśritaḥ || guhyo gabhīrako nāma agādhaś ca mahāhradaḥ
वहाँ से एक कोश दूर दक्षिण दिशा में एक बड़ा गुप्त तालाब है। उसका नाम गभीरका है। वो बहुत गहरा है, उसकी गहराई का पता ही नहीं चलता।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves a directional, distance-based description typical of premodern pilgrimage guides, useful for studying how sacred landscapes were conceptualized and narrated.
A lake named 'Gabhīraka' is named; without additional corroborating sources, its modern identification remains uncertain, but the text frames it as a southern satellite tīrtha one krośa away.
The verse primarily conveys topographic information; ethically, it supports the broader theme that disciplined engagement with tīrthas is linked to purification and merit in the surrounding passage.
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