Varaha Purana 145.109: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 109
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
यदीच्छेत्परामां सिद्धिं मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ क्षेत्रस्य शालग्रामस्य माहात्म्यं परमं मया ॥
yadīcchet paramāṃ siddhiṃ mama lokaṃ sa gacchati | kṣetrasya śālagrāmasya māhātmyaṃ paramaṃ mayā ||
अगर कोई सबसे बड़ी सिद्धि चाहता है, वो मेरे लोक में जाता है। मैंने शालग्राम क्षेत्र की महत्व पूरा बताया है।
Varāha
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It is a climactic evaluative statement typical of māhātmya literature, linking the narration of a place’s greatness to a promised outcome.
Śāligrāma-kṣetra is explicitly named as the sacred region under discussion.
The verse frames aspiration (siddhi) as connected to disciplined engagement with the teaching and the cultural landscape it describes.
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