Varaha Purana 145.61: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 61
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Vows)
यस्तत्र कुरुते स्नानं मेकरात्रोषितो नरः ॥ याति वैद्याधरं लोकं कृतकृत्यो न संशयः ॥
yas tatra kurute snānaṃ meka-rātroṣito naraḥ | yāti vaidyādharaṃ lokaṃ kṛtakṛtyo na saṃśayaḥ ||
yastatra kurute snAnaM mekarAtroShito naraH || yAti vaidyAdharaM lokaM kRRitakRRityo na saMshayaH
जो इंसान वहाँ नहाता है और एक रात रहता है, वो विद्याधरों के दुनिया में जाता है। उसका काम हो गया, इसमें कोई शक नहीं।
Sandhi Notes
- मेकरात्रोषितो = एक-रात्र-उषितः (e + r → ekarātra; उषितः)
- कृतकृत्यो = कृत-कृत्यः
- अन्यत्र साधारण पदच्छेदः।
Varāha
Small, well-performed disciplines (snāna + niyata-vāsa) can catalyze major inner and outer transformation when done with faith.
During pilgrimage, keep a simple vow for one night—restraint, purity, remembrance—then bathe with intention; integrate the ‘one-night discipline’ as a periodic retreat practice.
Varāha prescribes a simple pilgrimage regimen (snāna + one-night stay) at Vidyādhara-kṣetra, granting ascent to a higher loka; he turns Bhūmi’s site into a ladder of worlds.
‘One night’ suggests a liminal passage: darkness (avidyā) is crossed through snāna (purification) and vāsa (steadfastness), yielding ‘vidyādhara’ status—holder of knowledge/power.
Ekarātra-vāsa parallels a compact dīkṣā; snāna functions as avabhṛtha—completion that confers siddhi-like fruit.
Frames loka-attainment as a graded result; implicitly points beyond to ultimate gati where knowledge and devotion mature past heavenly rewards.
Bathe at the Vidyādhara tīrtha and observe a one-night stay (eka-rātra-vāsa) to gain the stated loka-fruit.
One attains the Vidyādhara-loka and is ‘kṛtakṛtya’ (fulfilled).
Attainment of Vidyādhara-loka; sense of completion/fulfillment (kṛtakṛtyatā).
Varāha Purāṇa 145.66 (Vidyādhara-kṣetra description); Varāha Purāṇa 145.64 (stay-duration + snāna fruit pattern)
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic tīrtha-literature pattern in which brief observances (bathing and a one-night stay) are framed as culturally valued disciplines, suggesting the social circulation of pilgrimage networks and sacred-site reputations.
The specific tīrtha is not named in this verse; it is referenced deictically as 'there' (tatra) and must be inferred from the surrounding chapter context.
The verse promotes disciplined observance—undertaking a defined practice with restraint (snāna and a fixed-duration stay) as a model of purposeful conduct.
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