Varaha Purana 147.4: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 4
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
गोनिष्क्रमणकं नाम गावो यत्र प्रतारिताः ॥ यथा निष्क्रमणं प्राप्य सुरभीणां वसुन्धरे
goniṣkramaṇakaṁ nāma gāvo yatra pratāritāḥ || yathā niṣkramaṇaṁ prāpya surabhīṇāṁ vasundhare
हे वसुंधरे, त्या स्थळास ‘गोनिष्क्रमणक’ असे नाव आहे, जिथे गायींना पुढे हाकले गेले. तेथे बाहेर पडण्याचा मार्ग मिळताच सुरभी गायी बाहेर निघू शकल्या.
Varāha
FAQs
It preserves an etymological explanation for a toponym, linking place-memory to pastoral life—an important feature of Purāṇic sacred geography.
A site named Goniṣkramaṇaka (Goniṣkrama) is identified; its exact modern correlate is not determinable from this excerpt alone.
The narrative frames non-human life (cattle) as integral to the meaning of place, supporting a cultural ethic of attention to living landscapes.
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