Varaha Purana 145.2: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 2
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ अथ दीर्घेण कालेन स ऋषिः संहितव्रतः ॥ तप्यमानो यथान्यायं पश्यन् वै सालमुत्तमम् ॥
śrīvarāha uvāca || atha dīrgheṇa kālena sa ṛṣiḥ saṃhita-vrataḥ || tapyamāno yathā-nyāyaṃ paśyan vai sālam uttamam ||
Śrī Varāha bersabda: “Setelah masa yang panjang, resi itu—teguh dalam nazarnya—ketika bertapa menurut aturan yang benar, sesungguhnya melihat sebatang pohon śāla yang utama.”
Varāha
Steadfast vrata and properly ordered austerity (yathā-nyāyam) ripen perception toward sacred disclosure.
Sustain disciplined practice over time; treat place (kṣetra) and its signs (like a sacred tree) as supports for recollection and inward steadiness.
Varāha Purāṇa 145.3–145.6 (continued description; veiling by māyā)
FAQs
It uses a familiar Purāṇic narrative device: a disciplined ascetic’s experience in a sacred region becomes the basis for describing the site’s cultural and spiritual prestige.
The verse situates the event within the Śālagrāma-kṣetra narrative context; no specific sub-location is named here beyond the presence of a notable śāla tree.
The emphasis is on disciplined practice—properly conducted austerity and vow-observance—as a model of self-regulation.
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