Varaha Purana 187.104: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 104
Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering
Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha
गण्डकी भद्रनामाच सरयूरबलदा तथा ॥ वनानि नव वाराहे तीर्थे पिण्डारके तथा
gaṇḍakī bhadranāmā ca sarayūr baladā tathā || vanāni nava vārāhe tīrthe piṇḍārake tathā
गंडकी नदी, भद्रनामा नदी, सरयू और बलदा, यह सब याद करो। वराह तीर्थ के नौ जंगल भी, और पिंडारक जगह भी।
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It preserves a mixed catalogue of rivers, tīrthas, and forested zones—useful for studying how Purāṇic texts encode ecological and pilgrimage topographies together.
Gaṇḍakī is typically identified with the Gandak river (Nepal–Bihar). Sarayū is commonly identified with the Sarayu/Ghaghara system. Piṇḍāraka is a well-known tīrtha name in Purāṇic lists (often associated with western India in other sources), though precise identification can vary by tradition.
By foregrounding rivers and forests as sacred referents, the passage implicitly frames natural landscapes as culturally protected spaces within ritual memory.
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