Varaha Purana 215.78: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 78
Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest
मत्पार्षदास्ते जायन्ते सततं सहिताः सुरैः ॥ शैलेश्वरं परं गुह्यं गतिः शैलेश्वरः परा ॥ शैलेश्वरात्परं क्षेत्रं न क्वचिद्भुवि विद्यते ॥
matpārṣadās te jāyante satataṃ sahitāḥ suraiḥ || śaileśvaraṃ paraṃ guhyaṃ gatiḥ śaileśvaraḥ parā || śaileśvarāt paraṃ kṣetraṃ na kvacid bhuvi vidyate ||
यह लोग हमेशा मेरे साथ रहते हैं और देवियों के साथ पैदा होते हैं। शैलेश्वर एक बड़ा राज़ है। शैलेश्वर सबसे बड़ा स्थान है। धरती पर कोई भी जगह शैलेश्वर से बड़ी नहीं मिलती।
Varāha
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It exemplifies the rhetoric of kṣetra-māhātmya texts, where a site is elevated through superlative claims that shape pilgrimage networks and cultural memory.
Śaileśvara-kṣetra is explicitly named as the central sacred geography focus.
Steady devotion to a sacred place is portrayed as leading to elevated status and proximity to the divine retinue, functioning as a motivational ethical framework.
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