Varaha Purana 151.37: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 37
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
Pūrva Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa Transition and Phala)
प्रमुच्य नारदं दिव्यं मम लोकं च गच्छति ॥ ततो वसिष्ठकुण्डं तु तस्मिन्क्षेत्रं परं मम
pramucya nāradaṃ divyaṃ mama lokaṃ ca gacchati || tato vasiṣṭhakuṇḍaṃ tu tasmin kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama
pramuchya nAradaM dvivyaM mamalokaM cha gachChati || tato vasiShThakuNDaM tu tasminkShetraM paraM mama
नारद कुंड से आधात मुक्त हो जाता है। फिर मेरे पास आता है। उसके बाद वशिष्ठ कुंड आता है। वहाँ भी मेरा क्षेत्र है।
Sandhi Notes
- तस्मिन् + क्षेत्रम् → तस्मिन्क्षेत्रम्
Varāha
Curious
What is the salvific fruit of bathing/rite at Nārada-kuṇḍa, and what is the next sacred station (Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa) in your supreme precinct?
Contact with sanctified space, when ritually engaged, is portrayed as a means of release and ascent to the Lord’s loka.
Undertake pilgrimage as a disciplined sequence: complete one tīrtha’s rite and fruitfully proceed to the next, maintaining continuity of intention (saṅkalpa).
Implicit only: Mathurā-region kuṇḍas later become integrated into Kṛṣṇa-bhakti pilgrimage maps.
Varāha Purāṇa 151 (Nārada-kuṇḍa and Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa sequence)
FAQs
The verse illustrates how Purāṇas construct networks of named tīrthas (associated with sages like Nārada and Vasiṣṭha) and narrate them as a sequence of spiritually efficacious sites.
Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa is explicitly named; it is presented as a sacred node within the text’s internal geography.
The emphasis is on progressing through tīrthas with ritual intentionality, treating the landscape as a structured field for disciplined practice.
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