Varaha Purana 151.2: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 2
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
धरण्युवाच ॥ श्रुतमेतज्जगन्नाथ विष्णो गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा सुमहाभाग जाता॒स्मि विगतज्वरा ॥
dharaṇy uvāca || śrutam etaj jagannātha viṣṇo guhyam anuttamam || yac chrutvā sumahābhāga jātā'smi vigatajvarā ||
ພຣະທະຣະນີກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ພຣະເຈົ້າແຫ່ງໂລກ, ໂອ ພຣະວິດສະນຸ, ຄວາມລັບອັນສູງສຸດນີ້ຂ້າໄດ້ຟັງແລ້ວ. ໂອ ຜູ້ມີພາກຍິ່ງ, ເມື່ອໄດ້ຟັງແລ້ວ ຄວາມເຮັດໃຈຮ້ອນດັ່ງໄຂ້ (ຄືຄວາມທຸກ) ຂອງຂ້າກໍຫາຍໄປ
Pṛthivī (Dharā/Vasundharā)
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It highlights the Earth-as-interlocutor motif central to Varāha narratives, where cosmological restoration is paired with didactic transmission through dialogue.
No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a transition into further discussion of sacred sites.
The verse values attentive hearing and knowledge as a means to resolve distress—an epistemic and moral theme in Purāṇic pedagogy.
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