Varaha Purana 151.24: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 24
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
सूत उवाच ॥ ततो भूम्या वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रो महामुनिः ॥ विस्मयं परमं प्राप्तो विष्णुमायोपबृंहितः
sūta uvāca || tato bhūmyā vacaḥ śrutvā brahmaputro mahāmuniḥ || vismayaṃ paramaṃ prāpto viṣṇumāyopabṛṃhitaḥ
सूत ने कहा, धरती की बात सुन के ब्रह्मा का बेटा, जो बड़ा रिशि है, हैरान हो गया। विष्णु की माया ने उसका एक्सपीरियंस और बड़ा दिया।
Sūta
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It marks a shift to the recitational frame (Sūta), preserving how Purāṇic texts self-present as transmitted discourse and how wonder (vismaya) functions as a narrative cue.
No geographic location is specified in this verse; it identifies speakers and the narrative situation (hearing Bhūmi’s words).
The verse foregrounds attentive listening to discourse and acknowledges the limits of ordinary perception, framed through the concept of māyā as an explanatory category.
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