Varaha Purana 145.65: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 65
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
गन्धर्वेति च विख्यातं तस्मिन् क्षेत्रं परं मम ॥ एकधारा पतत्यत्र पश्चिमां दिशमाश्रिता ॥
gandharveti ca vikhyātaṃ tasmin kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama | ekadhārā pataty atra paścimāṃ diśam āśritā ||
उस जगह को गंधर्व क्षेत्र कहते हैं, वो मेरा बड़ा स्थान है। वहाँ एक नदी पड़ती है जो तरफ की तरफ जाती है।
Varāha
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It records a named kṣetra ('Gandharva') and a directional hydrological feature, both valuable for textual geography and for comparing manuscript traditions describing sacred landscapes.
A sacred region known as 'Gandharva' is identified; modern identification is uncertain without corroborating regional markers from adjacent verses or parallel texts.
The verse is primarily descriptive; ethically it supports attentive engagement with place—treating landscape features as culturally significant.
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