Varaha Purana 215.51: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 51
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
कुरुक्षेत्रादपि बुधाः क्षेत्रमेतद्विशिष्यते ॥ श्वशुरो मे स्थितो यत्र हिमवान् भूधरेश्वरः
kurukṣetrādapi budhāḥ kṣetrametadviśiṣyate || śvaśuro me sthito yatra himavān bhūdhareśvaraḥ
कुरुक्षेत्र से भी बड़ा है यह जगह। यहाँ हिमालय पर्वत है, पहाड़ों का राजा। मेरा ससुर भी है वो।
Varāha
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It links a sacred landscape to the Himalayan cultural sphere and uses comparative prestige (over Kurukṣetra) to elevate the kṣetra within pan-Indic pilgrimage imagination.
Kurukṣetra is explicitly named; Himavān (the Himalayas, personified) is referenced as a geographic-cosmic landmark anchoring the praised region.
The verse promotes valuation of place through disciplined recognition of cultural-geographic heritage, framed as 'wise' discernment (budhāḥ).
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