Varaha Purana 151.66: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 66
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
ततः पूर्वेण पार्श्वेन समा धारा पतेच्छुभा ॥ उच्चा च रमणीया च पाण्डरोदकशोभिता ॥
tataḥ pūrveṇa pārśvena samā dhārā patecchubhā || uccā ca ramaṇīyā ca pāṇḍarodakaśobhitā
फिर पूर्व तरफ एक अच्छी नदी आती है। यह ऊँची है और अच्छी लगती है। इसका पानी साफ है और चमकता है।
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It documents a stylized descriptive vocabulary for water and terrain used in tīrtha literature, useful for comparing regional pilgrimage geographies.
An eastern flank relative to Brahmakuṇḍa is indicated; the verse functions as internal sacred topography rather than a cartographic coordinate.
It implicitly frames natural water features as worthy of careful attention and preservation as cultural-ecological heritage.
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