Varaha Purana 39.35: Adhyaya 39, Shloka 35
Discrimination of the Three Bodies and the Dharaṇī Vow: A Manual for Dvādaśī Observance
ब्रह्माण्डोदरतीर्थानि करैः स्पृष्टानि देव ते । तेनैमां मृत्तिकां स्पृष्ट्वा मा लभामि त्वयोदिताम् ॥ ३९.३५ ॥
brahmāṇḍodaratīrthāni karaiḥ spṛṣṭāni deva te | tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ spṛṣṭvā mā labhāmi tvayoditām || 39.35 ||
神よ、梵卵（宇宙卵）の内にある聖なるティールタは、すでに汝の御手に触れられた。ゆえに、この土（粘土）に触れて、汝の宣言されたものを我が得んことを。
Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework; supplicant voice addressing Varāha as 'deva')
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The verse reflects a Purāṇic habit of mapping sacred sites (tīrthas) onto a cosmological framework (the brahmāṇḍa), showing how pilgrimage ideology was integrated with learned models of the universe in early medieval Sanskrit literature.
No single named terrestrial location is specified in this fragment; the expression “brahmāṇḍodaratīrthāni” is cosmological rather than a direct reference to an identifiable historical place.
The passage foregrounds the idea that contact with sanctified “earth/clay” (mṛttikā) and recognition of sacred landscapes can be a means of purification and moral-spiritual improvement, aligning ritual practice with reverent engagement with the natural world.
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