Varaha Purana 215.71: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 71
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
गन्धैर्माल्यैश्च मे मूर्त्तिमभ्यर्च्चयति यो नरः॥ उत्पत्स्यते स देवेṣu तुषितेषु न संशयः॥
gandhair mālyaiś ca me mūrttim abhyarccayati yo naraḥ || utpatsyate sa deveṣu tuṣiteṣu na saṃśayaḥ
जो कोई मेरे मूर्ति पर फूल और इत्र चढ़ाता है, वो देवताओं में जाता है। यह बात पक्की है, कोई शक नहीं।
Varāha (default, instructional voice)
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It attests to established practices of image worship (mūrti-arcana) and links them with cosmological destinations, a key feature of later Purāṇic religio-cultural life.
No geographic toponym occurs here; the verse is practice-focused, while the broader chapter situates the practice within a specific kṣetra.
The verse promotes respectful offering and attentive worship as disciplined cultural conduct within sacred settings.
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