Vamana Purana — Nara-Narayana's Tapas, Shloka 55
Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
इत्येवमुक्तो विभुना स यक्षो जगाम देशान् सहसैव सर्वान् कालञ्जरस्योत्तरतः सुपुण्यो देशो हिमाद्रेरपि दक्षिणस्थः
ityevamukto vibhunā sa yakṣo jagāma deśān sahasaiva sarvān kālañjarasyottarataḥ supuṇyo deśo himādrerapi dakṣiṇasthaḥ
“Assim instruído pelo Senhor, aquele Yakṣa percorreu rapidamente todas as regiões. Ao norte de Kālañjara há uma terra sumamente santa, situada ao sul do Himālaya.”
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FAQs
Purāṇic holiness is not abstract only; it is mapped onto the earth to guide embodied practice (yātrā, darśana, pūjā). The Yakṣa’s swift movement underscores obedience to divine command and the urgency of establishing dharma through place-based worship.
This is kṣetra/tīrtha-oriented narrative—ancillary Purāṇic material supporting religious geography rather than sarga/pratisarga. It functions as a ‘mahatmya’ locator statement embedded within an episode (anucarita).
By situating sanctity between major sacred anchors (Kālañjara, Himālaya), the text creates a ‘sacred corridor’ that integrates local shrines into pan-Indic holy space. Directional language sacralizes geography as a mandala-like field for worship.