Varaha Purana 216.1: Adhyaya 216, Shloka 1
The Sacred Account of Gokarṇa, Śṛṅgeśvara, and Related Tīrthas
अथ गोकर्णशृङ्गेश्वरादिमाहात्म्यम् ॥ ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ तस्मात्स्थानादपक्रान्ते त्र्यम्बके मृगरूपिणि ॥ अन्योन्यं मन्त्रयित्वा तु मया सह सुरोत्तमाः ॥
atha gokarṇaśṛṅgeśvarādi-māhātmyam || brahmovāca || tasmāt sthānād apakrānte tryambake mṛgarūpiṇi || anyonyaṁ mantrayitvā tu mayā saha surottamāḥ ||
अब गोकर्ण और श्रृंगेश्वर की कहानी शुरू होती है। ब्रह्मा बोले। जब त्र्यम्बक हिरन बन के वहाँ से चले गए, तो देवता मेरे साथ बैठ के बात करने लगे।
Brahmā
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It frames a tīrtha-māhātmya segment, a genre used in Purāṇic literature to map cultural memory onto specific landscapes through narrative and etymology.
Gokarṇa is named explicitly; in scholarship it is commonly associated with the coastal region of present-day Karnataka (India), known for its tīrtha traditions.
The verse emphasizes collective deliberation (mantraṇa) among responsible agents before acting—an implicit model of prudent decision-making.
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