Varaha Purana 151.72: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 72
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
न तस्य कर्म विद्येत स एवमपि संस्थितः ॥ आख्यानानां महाख्यानं धर्माणां धर्म उत्तमः ॥
na tasya karma vidyeta sa evamapi saṃsthitaḥ || ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ dharmāṇāṃ dharma uttamaḥ
उसके लिए कोई कर्म नहीं रहता। वो इस तरह स्थित हो जाता है। यह सब कहानियों में बड़ी कहानी है। सब धरम में यह सबसे बड़ा धरम है।
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It illustrates Purāṇic self-referential elevation (declaring a passage ‘greatest’) and provides evidence for how texts claim authority within a competitive manuscript culture.
No new terrestrial toponym appears here; the verse functions as a doctrinal colophon-like praise within the ongoing kṣetra narrative.
It highlights an ethical ideal of being ‘established’ (saṃsthita) in a mode of life where binding consequences are said to be neutralized—presented as a soteriological claim.
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