Varaha Purana 143.5: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 5
Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove
धरण्युवाच ॥ देवदेव महादेव हरे नारायण प्रभो ॥ मन्दारेति त्वया प्रोक्तं देवधर्मार्थसंयुतम्
dharaṇyuvāca || devadeva mahādeva hare nārāyaṇa prabho || mandāreti tvayā proktaṃ devadharmārthasaṃyutam
धरती बोली, देव देव महादेव, हरि, नारायण, प्रभो। आपने मंदारा नाम बताया है। यह जगह भगवान का काम है, धरम है, और अर्थ है।
Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)
FAQs
It reflects how Purāṇas validate places through layered value-claims—divine association, dharma (normative order), and artha (purpose/benefit)—framed as a formal inquiry.
Mandāra is the referenced site; earlier verses position it near the Jāhnavī and the Vindhya region.
The verse models ethical questioning: the inquirer requests clarification of a place’s dharmic and practical significance rather than asserting it dogmatically.
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