The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
सोऽपि याति परां सिद्धिं समुत्सृज्य बृहस्पतिम् ॥ वैश्वानरस्य कुण्डं तु गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम
so'pi yāti parāṃ siddhiṃ samutsṛjya bṛhaspatim || vaiśvānarasya kuṇḍaṃ tu guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama
അവനും ബൃഹസ്പതിയെ വിട്ട് പരമസിദ്ധി പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. എന്നാൽ വൈശ്വാനരന്റെ കുണ്ഡം ഗുഹ്യമായ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രം—എന്റെ പരമധാമം.
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It exemplifies hierarchical sacred geography: even revered cosmological stations (like Bṛhaspati) are portrayed as surpassed by a more ‘secret’ and ‘supreme’ kṣetra.
A sacred pond named Vaiśvānara-kuṇḍa, characterized as a guhya (restricted/esoteric) kṣetra within the text’s tīrtha network.
Do not cling to intermediate attainments; the passage frames spiritual progress as a movement beyond prestigious but limited stations toward a higher, more inwardly oriented goal.
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