Varaha Purana 151.7: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 7
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
ततः सिद्धवटे गत्वा त्रिंशद्योजनदूरतः ॥ म्लेच्छमध्ये वरारोहे हिमवन्तं समाश्रितम् ॥
tataḥ siddhavaṭe gatvā triṁśad-yojana-dūrataḥ | mleccha-madhye varārohe himavantaṁ samāśritam ||
फिर मैं सिद्धवट गया, जो करीब तीस योजन दूर था। वहाँ म्लेच्छ लोग रहते थे, उसके बीच में यह जगह थी। हिमालय के पास मैंने जगह ली।
Varāha (continuing instruction to Pṛthivī)
FAQs
It preserves a travel-style toponymic memory (Siddhavaṭa, Himālaya) and uses classical boundary terminology, useful for studying how Purāṇas map cultural and geographic margins.
Siddhavaṭa and the Himālaya (Himavant). “Siddhavaṭa” occurs in multiple Sanskrit traditions; precise modern identification varies by regional scholastic mapping.
Implicitly, it frames sacred pursuit as not limited to central regions—holy geography can be narrated even in frontier zones.
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