Varaha Purana 215.53: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 53
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
सर्वे प्रस्रवणाः पुण्याः सर्वे पुण्याः शिलोच्चयाः ॥ आश्रमस्तत्र भविता सिद्धचारणसेवितः
sarve prasravaṇāḥ puṇyāḥ sarve puṇyāḥ śilocchayāḥ || āśramas tatra bhavitā siddhacāraṇasevitaḥ
वहाँ के सारे चश्मे अच्छे हैं। सारी पत्थर की ऊँची जगह भी अच्छी है। वहाँ एक आश्रम होगा जहाँ सिद्ध और चरण लोग रहते हैं।
Varāha (default, instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)
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It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping landscape as cultural heritage—springs, hills, and hermitages are cataloged as sites of merit, indicating how pilgrimage geography was textualized.
No single modern-identifiable toponym is given in this verse; it describes a sacred terrain characterized by springs, rocky heights, and an āśrama.
The verse frames natural features (springs and hills) as worthy of reverence and careful approach, aligning sacred geography with implicit environmental attentiveness.
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