Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
नाहस्थानं शुभाकारं यदासीद्वज्रभूषितम् तज्जातं केसरारण्यं बकुलं नामतो मुने
nāhasthānaṃ śubhākāraṃ yadāsīdvajrabhūṣitam tajjātaṃ kesarāraṇyaṃ bakulaṃ nāmato mune
Wahai resi, kawasan yang bertuah dan elok bentuknya yang dahulu berada pada tempat hidung, dihiasi kilau laksana vajra, telah menjadi rimba Keśara, yang dikenali dengan nama Bakula.
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The landscape is presented as sanctified and meaningful, not merely physical: sacred places originate from divine/numinous sources, encouraging reverence and mindful conduct in tīrthas.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita / narrative description of holy places and their origins (tīrtha-māhātmya material), rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmogenesis.
Linking a forest to a divine body-location (the nose) sacralizes geography through embodied symbolism; ‘vajra-adornment’ suggests indestructible purity/effulgence marking the site’s potency.