Varaha Purana 149.75: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 75
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
विष्णुसंक्रमणं नाम तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम ॥ विद्धोऽस्मि यत्र व्याधेन स्वमूर्त्तिं चास्थितः पुनः ॥
viṣṇusaṃkramaṇaṃ nāma tasminkṣetre pare mama || viddho 'smi yatra vyādhena svamūrttiṃ cāsthitaḥ punaḥ ||
तस्मिन् मम परे क्षेत्रे ‘विष्णुसंक्रमणम्’ इति नाम स्थानं; यत्र व्याधेन अहं विद्धः, ततः पुनः स्वमूर्तिं समास्थितवान्।
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It preserves a toponym (Viṣṇusaṃkramaṇa) with an etiological story, illustrating how Purāṇas encode sacred geography through narrative memory.
The location is named Viṣṇusaṃkramaṇa; modern identification is uncertain without additional chapter context and comparative toponymic evidence.
Implicitly, the verse frames the site as meaningful through remembrance and disciplined engagement with the sacred landscape, rather than through mere physical presence.
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