Varaha Purana 145.120: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 120
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
तत्र स्नानं तु कुर्वीत अष्ट रात्रोषितो नरः ॥ सप्तद्वीपेषु भ्रमति स्वच्छन्दगमनालयः
tatra snānaṃ tu kurvīta aṣṭa rātroṣito naraḥ || saptadvīpeṣu bhramati svacchandagamanālayaḥ
वहाँ जाके नहा लेना चाहिए। अगर कोई आठ रात वहाँ रह जाए, वो सात द्वीपों में घूम सकता है। कोई रोक-टोक नहीं, आज़ादी है।
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It combines ritual practice (snāna, residence) with cosmographic language (sapta-dvīpa), showing how Purāṇic texts connect local pilgrimage to a universalized world-model.
The verse references the ‘seven dvīpas’ as a cosmographic schema rather than a single modern location; the bathing is to be performed ‘there’ in the chapter’s kṣetra.
It prescribes disciplined practice—bathing and sustained residence—as the means for attaining the described benefit, emphasizing intentional observance.
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