Varaha Purana 206.22: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 22
Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds
अमृतं धारयन्त्यश्च प्रचरन्ति महीतले ॥ तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थमतस्तीरथं न विद्यते ॥
amṛtaṃ dhārayantyaś ca pracaranti mahītale || tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrtham atas tīrthaṃ na vidyate ||
वो अमृत लिए धरती पर चलती हैं। यह सब तीर्थों में सबसे बड़ा तीर्थ है। इसलिए कोई तीर्थ इससे बड़ा नहीं है।
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FAQs
It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to rank sacred practices/objects as ‘supreme tīrthas,’ offering insight into how ritual prestige and cultural heritage were rhetorically constructed.
No explicit location-name appears in this line; the ‘supreme tīrtha’ is indicated contextually (likely linked to bovine/purificatory substances in adjacent verses), not by a place-name.
To value and preserve the described purificatory source as exceptionally efficacious—framed as superior within the tīrtha system.
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