Varaha Purana 179.25: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 25
Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage
विशिष्टमनयोः किं च सत्यं ब्रूहि सुरेश्वर ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रसरांसि च ॥
viśiṣṭam anayoḥ kiṃ ca satyaṃ brūhi sureśvara || śrīvarāha uvāca || pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrasarāṃsi ca
इन दोनों में क्या खास है? सच सच बताओ, देवों के स्वामी। वराह भगवान बोले, धरती पर जितने भी तीर्थ हैं, और समुंदर तक के सरोवर और तालाब सब...
Mixed: Pṛthivī (question) and Varāha (reply begins)
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It introduces a comparative cataloging impulse typical of Purāṇas, where sites are ranked or differentiated, reflecting processes of regional and pan-Indic sacred mapping.
No single site is named in this verse; it gestures broadly to all tīrthas on earth and to bodies of water extending to the sea.
The ethical focus is indirect: it seeks criteria for evaluating sacred places as instruments of purification and moral repair.
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