Varaha Purana 160.42: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 42
The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation
Parikramā
सिद्धिप्रदा भोगदा च तेन सिद्धेश्वरी स्मृता ॥ सङ्केतकेश्वरीं चैव दृष्ट्वा सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् ॥
siddhipradā bhogadā ca tena siddheśvarī smṛtā || saṅketakeśvarīṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā siddhimavāpnuyāt ||
वो देवी काम करने में मदद करती है और सुख देती है, इसलिए उस्से सिद्धेश्वरी कहते हैं। संकेतकेश्वरी को देख के भी इंसान को सिद्धि मिलती है।
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It shows how epithets (nāma/saṃjñā) function as concise ‘metadata’ for a deity’s perceived role at a site—important for cataloging shrine traditions.
No explicit toponym appears in this line; the verse continues the description of a specific shrine within the chapter’s itinerary.
The text frames aims like siddhi and bhoga as outcomes of regulated sacred encounter (darśana), not as license for unethical conduct.
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