Varaha Purana 151.20: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 20
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
अश्वो मे कल्पितस्तत्र सर्वरत्नविभूषितः ॥ श्वेतः कुमुदवर्णाभः शङ्खकुन्दसमप्रभः
aśvo me kalpitas tatra sarvaratnavibhūṣitaḥ || śvetaḥ kumudavarṇābhaḥ śaṅkhakundasamaprabhaḥ
वहाँ मेरे लिए एक घोड़ा बना है। वो सोने-चाँदी से सजदा है। सफेद रंग का है, जैसे कमल का फूल। इतना चमकदा है जैसे शंख और चमेली।
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The verse preserves iconographic and aesthetic descriptors (color, radiance, jewel-ornamentation) that inform the study of devotional imagination and material symbolism in Purāṇic literature.
No explicit location name is given; “there” (tatra) continues the tīrtha setting referenced earlier.
Rather than a direct ethical rule, the verse contributes to a contemplative register: attention to symbolic qualities (purity/whiteness, radiance) that accompany disciplined ritual context.
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