The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
धरण्युवाच ॥ मया देवप्रसादेन श्रुतं मन्दारवर्णनम् ॥ मन्दारात्परमं स्थानं विष्णो तद्वक्तुमर्हसि
dharaṇy uvāca || mayā deva-prasādena śrutaṃ mandāra-varṇanam || mandārāt paramaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇo tad vaktum arhasi
Дхарани сказала: По милости божества я услышала описание Мандары. О Вишну, тебе надлежит поведать о том месте, что превосходит Мандару.
Pṛthivī (Dharāṇī/Vasundharā)
It shows how Purāṇic texts organize pilgrimage knowledge through comparative hierarchies of sacred places, structured as question-and-answer pedagogy.
Mandāra is explicitly referenced; the ‘superior place’ is requested but not yet named in this verse.
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