Varaha Purana 151.65: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 65
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
प्रख्यातं ब्रह्मकुण्डं तु वेदा यत्र समुत्थिताः ॥ चतस्रो वेदधारास्तु पतन्ति च हिमालयात् ॥
prakhyātaṃ brahmakuṇḍaṃ tu vedā yatra samutthitāḥ || catasro vedadhārāstu patanti ca himālayāt
ब्रह्मकुंड का नाम बहुत बड़ा है। यह वो जगह है जहाँ वेद पैदा हुए। हिमालय से चार नदियाँ आती हैं, इनको वेद की धारा कहते हैं।
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It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of mapping revelation and textual authority (the Vedas) onto a landscape, turning geography into cultural heritage memory.
Himālaya is explicitly named; Brahmakuṇḍa is presented as a sacred toponym, though its exact modern identification varies across regional tīrtha traditions.
Implicitly, it promotes reverent engagement with sacred water-sites as repositories of cultural memory and disciplined practice (e.g., bathing/observance in later verses).
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