Varaha Purana 145.72: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 72
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
पश्येति श्रद्धधानस्तु न पश्यत्पापपूरुषः ॥ तस्मिन्देवह्रदे पुण्यं चतुर्विंशतिर्द्वादश ॥
paśyeti śraddadhānas tu na paśyat pāpapūruṣaḥ || tasmin devahrade puṇyaṃ caturviṃśatir dvādaśa ||
जो श्रद्धा रखता है वो देख पाता है। जो पापी है वो नहीं देख पाता। उस देवह्रद में पुण्य चौबीस और बारह का हिसाब से मिलता है।
Varāha
FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic theme where moral disposition conditions access to sacred experience (darśana), linking ethics with pilgrimage geography.
A 'devahrada' (divine lake) is mentioned, but the excerpt does not provide an unambiguous modern identification.
Faith/inner disposition is presented as enabling perception of sacred value, while wrongdoing obstructs it.
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