Varaha Purana 144.181: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 181
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
पूर्वं यक्षकृतं तत्तु यक्षतीर्थमिति स्मृतम् ॥ तत्र स्नातो नरः शुद्धो यक्षलोके महीयते ॥
pūrvaṃ yakṣakṛtaṃ tat tu yakṣatīrtham iti smṛtam | tatra snāto naraḥ śuddho yakṣaloke mahīyate ||
पहले यह जगह यक्षों ने बनाई थी, इसलिए लोग इसे यक्ष तीर्थ कहते हैं। जो यहाँ नहाता है वो साफ हो जाता है। और यक्षों की दुनिया में उसकी इज्जत होती है।
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves an alternate/earlier toponym (Yakṣatīrtha) and connects sacred bathing with merit and cosmological reward, reflecting Purāṇic tīrtha ideology.
Yakṣatīrtha is named as the earlier designation of the same sacred spot; the fragment does not supply a modern identification.
Purification is framed as a result of disciplined engagement with a heritage landscape (ritual bathing at a tīrtha).
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