Varaha Purana 145.82: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 82
The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region
मम क्षेत्रे समाख्यातं पुण्यं परमपावनम् ॥ वसुधे त्वं विजानीहि देवानामपि दुर्लभम्
mama kṣetre samākhyātaṃ puṇyaṃ paramapāvanam | vasudhe tvaṃ vijānīhi devānām api durlabham ||
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It reflects how Purāṇic texts authorize sacred landscapes by framing them as rare and exceptionally purifying within a dialogue format.
A specific 'kṣetra' (holy region) within the speaker’s domain; the proper name is not provided in this verse alone.
To recognize and preserve culturally valued places—treated as rare communal resources rather than ordinary terrain.
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