Varaha Purana 150.28: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 28
The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra
Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Pilgrimage Topography)
समुद्रभवनं गत्वा मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ॥ तत्राश्चर्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि कुण्डं रामस्य सङ्गमे ॥
samudra-bhavanaṃ gatvā mama lokaṃ prapadyate || tatrāścaryaṃ pravakṣyāmi kuṇḍaṃ rāmasya saṅgame ||
samudrabhavanaM gatvA mama lokaM prapadyate || tatrAshcharyaM pravakShyAmi kuNDaM rAmasya sa~Ngame
समुंदर के घर गया तो मेरा लोक मिलता है। वहाँ एक कुंड है राम के संगम पर। मैं उसका चमत्कार बताता हूँ।
Sandhi Notes
- तत्राश्चर्यं = तत्र + आश्चर्यम् (स्वर-सन्धि)
- समुद्रभवनम् is तत्पुरुष
- gatvā is क्त्वान्त
Varāha
Hopeful, attentive to soteriological promise
What spiritual fruit arises from going to the Ocean’s abode and this Rāma-saṅgama-kuṇḍa?
Grace is accessed through embodied acts—going (gत्वा), seeing, and revering sacred loci connected with the Lord’s līlā/nāma.
Undertake pilgrimage with intention (saṅkalpa), humility, and purity; treat the journey as a discipline leading toward devotion and liberation-oriented merit.
Varāha, as teacher and lord of liberation, declares the pilgrimage fruit—attainment of ‘my world’—to Bhū-devī.
Pilgrimage to the Ocean’s abode and the Rāma-saṅgama-kuṇḍa is praised as a means to attain the Lord’s world.
Merit culminating in ‘mama loka’ (attainment of Varāha/Vişṇu’s realm) for the pilgrim.
Varāha Purāṇa 150.32–33 (healing and leaf-marvel as the promised ‘āścarya’)
FAQs
It exemplifies the Purāṇic genre of tīrtha-māhātmya, where travel to named landscapes is linked with broader cosmological merit claims.
An “ocean-abode” region and a “Rāma-saṅgama” pond; the passage is topographic but not uniquely locatable without additional context.
It encourages disciplined pilgrimage practice framed as culturally meaningful engagement with sacred landscapes.
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