Vamana Purana — Saptasarasvata Tirtha, Shloka 56
Harihara Revelation and the Tirtha-Glorification of Saptasarasvata in Kurukshetra
भवानपि कुरुक्षेत्रे मूर्तिं स्थाप्य गरीयसीम् गमिष्यति महापुण्यं ब्रह्मलोकं सुदुर्गमम्
bhavānapi kurukṣetre mūrtiṃ sthāpya garīyasīm gamiṣyati mahāpuṇyaṃ brahmalokaṃ sudurgamam
നീയും കുരുക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ അത്യുച്ചമായ ഒരു മൂർത്തി സ്ഥാപിച്ച്, പ്രാപിക്കാൻ ദുഷ്കരമായ മഹാപുണ്യമയ ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കും.
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FAQs
In tīrtha-māhātmya passages, a kṣetra’s sanctity amplifies ritual acts. Mūrti-sthāpana is treated as a durable, public dharmic act (a continuing source of worship), so its merit is described in elevated terms such as Brahmaloka attainment.
Typically, Brahmaloka denotes a very high celestial realm rather than immediate mokṣa. In Purāṇic idiom it can function as a superlative reward; liberation would usually be stated explicitly (mokṣa, kaivalya, nirvāṇa) or tied to jñāna.
Kurukṣetra is a pan-Indic pilgrimage landscape. The verse anchors the narrative’s soteriological promise in a specific, map-able sacred region, consistent with the Vāmana Purāṇa’s strong tīrtha-geography orientation.