Varaha Purana 151.62: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 62
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
महेश्वरस्य वै कुण्डं यत्र चोद्वाहिताः उमा ॥ कादम्बैश्चक्रवाकैश्च हंससारससेवितम्
maheśvarasya vai kuṇḍaṃ yatra codvāhitā umā || kādambaiś cakravākaiś ca haṃsa-sārasa-sevitam
महेश्वर का एक कुंड है जहाँ उमा की शादी हुई थी। वहीं पर चिड़िया, हंस और बगुले रहते हैं।
Varāha
FAQs
It links a mythic event to an ecologically described water-body, showing how Purāṇic sacred geography preserves environmental markers (wetland birds) as part of cultural memory.
“Maheśvara-kuṇḍa” is named; the verse supplies ecological descriptors rather than modern coordinates, so identification requires regional cross-references.
By portraying the kuṇḍa as a living habitat, the verse implicitly supports a stewardship-oriented view of sacred sites as environments to be respected and preserved.
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