Varaha Purana 148.9: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 9
The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline
स्तुतस्वामीति विख्यातं गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम ॥ ह्यपरं युगमासाद्य तत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि ॥
stutasvāmīti vikhyātaṃ guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama || hyaparaṃ yugamāsādya tatra sthāsyāmi sundari ||
स्तुतस्वामीति विख्यातं गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम । ह्यपरं युगमासाद्य तत्र स्थास्यामि सुन्दरि ॥
Varāha
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It names a specific kṣetra and frames it within Purāṇic sacred geography, a key source genre for later pilgrimage mapping and regional religious history.
The kṣetra named is Stutasvāmi. The verse itself does not provide modern identification; correlating it requires cross-text comparison with regional māhātmyas and epigraphic/toponymic studies.
The ethical implication is the valorization of place-based cultural heritage as a locus for dharma-oriented practice and communal memory.
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