Varaha Purana 165.35: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 35
The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well
ततः स कथयामास यद्वृत्तं हि पुरातनम् ॥ प्रतिष्ठाने पुरवरे विष्णोरायतनं महत् ॥
tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hi purātanam || pratiṣṭhāne puravare viṣṇor āyatanaṃ mahat ||
फिर उसने एक पुरानी कहानी सुनाई। प्रतिष्ठान शहर में एक बड़ा विष्णु का मंदिर था।
Primary narrator within the story (speaker not explicitly named in the verse; likely continuation of the merchant’s/character’s account)
FAQs
It preserves a memory of a major Viṣṇu shrine associated with an important urban center, useful for studies of Purāṇic sacred topography and temple-culture.
Pratiṣṭhāna is named; it is commonly identified by scholars with ancient Pratiṣṭhāna/Paithan on the Godāvarī in present-day Maharashtra (noting that identifications can vary by textual tradition).
Indirectly, it establishes the authority of place and memory: sacred sites and ancient narratives are presented as contexts for moral and spiritual learning.
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