Varaha Purana 150.8: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 8
The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra
शिलामयीमित्यपरे महदाश्चर्यरूपिणीम् ॥ तत्र स्थानानि वै भूमे कथ्यमानानि वै शृणु ॥
śilāmayīm ity apare mahadāścaryarūpiṇīm || tatra sthānāni vai bhūme kathyamānāni vai śṛṇu ||
മറ്റുചിലർ അതിനെ ശിലാമയം, മഹാ ആശ്ചര്യരൂപിണി എന്നു പറയുന്നു. ഹേ ഭൂമേ, അവിടെ പറയപ്പെടുന്ന സ്ഥാനങ്ങളെ കേൾക്കുക।
Varāha
FAQs
It signals a transition into a site-catalog (sthānāni), a common Purāṇic method for preserving cultural-heritage geographies through narrative enumeration.
The ‘places there’ refer to the Sānandūra region introduced earlier in the chapter.
The instruction is epistemic and pedagogical: to listen attentively to the account of significant places, supporting careful cultural memory.
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