Varaha Purana 157.34: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 34
Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā-Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle
तत्र फाल्गुनके चैव तीर्थे परमदुर्लभे ॥ वृषभाञ्जनकं नाम क्षेत्रं मे दुर्लभं महत्
tatra phālgunake caiva tīrthe paramadurlabhe || vṛṣabhāñjanakaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ me durlabhaṃ mahat
फाल्गुनका नाम का एक तीर्थ है जो बहुत रेयर है। वहाँ मेरा एक क्षेत्र है, वृषभांजका नाम का। यह बहुत बड़ा है और मिलना मुश्किल है।
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It exemplifies Purāṇic cataloguing of tīrthas (sacred sites) as a cultural map, preserving place-names and pilgrimage networks in early Sanskrit literary tradition.
A tīrtha named Phālgunaka and a kṣetra called Vṛṣabhāñjanaka are named; modern identification is uncertain without corroborating regional inscriptions or later tīrtha-digests.
A philosophical instruction of valuing and safeguarding culturally significant landscapes by remembering, naming, and ritually approaching them with restraint and attentiveness.
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