Varaha Purana 164.29: Adhyaya 164, Shloka 29
The Efficacy of Circumambulating Annakūṭa
Govardhana
कोपेन पार्ष्णिघातेन मह्यां तीर्थं प्रवर्तितम् ॥ वृषभस्य वधाज्ज्ञेयं तीर्थं सुमहदद्भुतम् ॥
kopena pārṣṇighātena mahyāṃ tīrthaṃ pravartitam || vṛṣabhasya vadhājjñeyaṃ tīrthaṃ sumahadadbhutam ||
गुस्से में एक लात मारी गई थी। उससे ज़मीन पर एक तीर्थ बन गया। यह तीर्थ बहुत बड़ा और खास है क्योंकि यह उस बैल के मारने से बना है।
Varāha (default dialogic frame)
FAQs
It preserves an etiological explanation for a pilgrimage-place, showing how Purāṇic authors link landscape features to narrative memory.
The verse speaks of a tīrtha arising ‘on the earth’ but does not name it here; the naming appears later (e.g., in connection with specific kuṇḍas).
The text frames the restoration of order (after a violent disruption) as a basis for communal remembrance via a marked sacred site.
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