Varaha Purana 151.8: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 8
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
तत्र लोहर्गले क्षेत्रे निवासो विहितः शुभः ॥ गुह्यं पञ्चदशायामं समन्तात्पञ्चयोजनम् ॥
tatra lohargale kṣetre nivāso vihitaḥ śubhaḥ | guhyaṁ pañcadaśāyāmaṁ samantāt pañca-yojanam ||
वहाँ लोहार्गला नाम का क्षेत्र है। उसमें एक अच्छी जगह बनाई गई। उसका नाम गुह्य है, मतलब छुपा हुआ। लंबाई में पंद्रह योजन, और चारों तरफ पाँच योजन है।
Varāha
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It offers a formal kṣetra-profile (name, auspicious status, dimensions), a common archival unit in māhātmya literature that can be compared across Purāṇic pilgrimage corpora.
Lohārgala-kṣetra is named. In modern scholarship, “Lohārgala/Lohargal” is often associated with a pilgrimage locality in Rajasthan (Alwar region), though identifications may vary by tradition and text.
The verse frames certain places as protected or ‘guhya’ (restricted), implying responsible approach to sacred landscapes and their boundaries.
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