Varaha Purana 151.14: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 14
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
एवं लोहर्गलं नाम क्षेत्रं चैव मया कृतम् ॥ ततो देवासुरे युद्धे हत्वा त्रिदशकण्टकान् ॥
evaṁ lohargalaṁ nāma kṣetraṁ caiva mayā kṛtam | tato devāsure yuddhe hatvā tridaśakaṇṭakān ||
इस तरह मैंने लोहार्गल नाम की जगह बनाई। फिर देवता और असुर के युद्ध में मैंने देवता के दुश्मनों को मार दिया।
Varāha
FAQs
It is an etiology (origin-and-naming) statement for a kṣetra, a key genre marker in māhātmya sections that link place-names to narrative events.
Lohārgala-kṣetra is explicitly identified as the named sacred region established in the narrative.
The metaphor “thorns of the devas” frames disruptive forces as obstacles to communal order, implying that safeguarding social-cosmic stability is a valued aim.
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