Varaha Purana 143.39: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 39
Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove
तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत अष्टरात्रोषितो नरः ॥ मोदते सर्वद्वीपेषु स्वच्छन्दगमनालयः ॥
tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta aṣṭarātroṣito naraḥ || modate sarvadvīpeṣu svacchandagamanālayaḥ
അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് എട്ട് രാത്രികൾ താമസിക്കുന്ന മനുഷ്യൻ, സ്വേച്ഛാഗമനത്തിന് അനുയോജ്യമായ വാസസ്ഥലം നേടി എല്ലാ ദ്വീപുകളിലും ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।
Varāha
FAQs
It documents a time-bound observance (eight nights) associated with bathing rites, offering evidence for how Purāṇic texts encoded pilgrimage schedules and ritual durations.
The location is the lake/tīrtha described in the immediately preceding verse (Gabhīraka mahāhrada), framed as part of a clustered sacred geography.
The instruction is disciplined observance—staying for a prescribed period and performing ritual bathing—presented as a structured practice rather than a purely symbolic act.
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