Varaha Purana 144.169: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 169
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
स शूलपाणिर्देवेशो भक्ताभयविधायकः ॥ मुनिभिर्देवगन्धर्वैः सेव्यतेऽचिन्त्यशक्तिमान् ॥
sa śūlapāṇir deveśo bhaktābhayavidhāyakaḥ || munibhir devagandharvaiḥ sevyate 'cintyaśaktimān ||
वो शूलपाणि देवताओं का राजा है। अपने भक्तों को डर नहीं होने देता। रिशि और गंधर्व उसकी पूजा करते हैं। उसकी शक्ति का कोई हिसाब नहीं।
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It records the social imagination of tīrthas as shared ritual spaces where multiple classes of beings (munis, gandharvas) participate, reflecting a layered sacred ecology.
The verse does not name a new location; it continues describing the deity associated with the previously named sacred site(s).
Fearlessness (abhaya) is presented as a benefit associated with devotion and ethical alignment, framing protection as a moral-spiritual outcome.
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