Varaha Purana 144.61: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 61
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
एवं दत्त्वा वरान्देव्यै तत्रैवान्तरधीयत॥ ततः प्रभृति तिष्ठामः क्षेत्रेऽस्मिञ्छशलाञ्छन॥
evaṁ dattvā varān devyai tatraivāntardhīyata || tataḥ prabhṛti tiṣṭhāmaḥ kṣetre ’smiñ chaśalāñchana ||
देवी को बून्स देके वो वही गायब हो गया। तब से हम इस जगह पे रहते हैं, शशलंचन।
Sūta (narrative voice) (defaulted due to third-person narration and “we remain” framing)
FAQs
It marks a transition from direct speech to narrative reportage, a common Purāṇic technique for anchoring a mythic event to an ongoing sacred site tradition.
A kṣetra (“sacred area/field”) associated with the Gaṇḍakī–Śālagrāma narrative context; the specific toponym is not stated in this fragment.
Implicitly, it reinforces place-based cultural heritage: the continuity of a kṣetra is grounded in remembered narrative and sustained practice.
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