Varaha Purana 151.48: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 48
The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala
The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha
भूमिं नीत्वा जलं तत्र तिष्ठत्येव वरानने ॥ तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत चाष्टकालोषितो नरः
bhūmiṃ nītvā jalaṃ tatra tiṣṭhatyeva varānane || tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta cāṣṭakāloṣito naraḥ
तत्र भूमिं नीत्वा जलं तिष्ठत्येव, वरानने। तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत नरः चाष्टकालोषितः।
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It preserves a micro-description of a water feature’s behavior (water ‘remaining’ on the ground), typical of how Purāṇic tīrtha texts encode landscape memory and ritual timing together.
The verse refers to the same tīrtha setting as the named kuṇḍa sequence; it describes a place where water is said to remain after being brought onto the ground.
Observe a defined discipline of time/period (aṣṭa-kāla) and then undertake bathing—linking self-regulation with respectful interaction with a water-site.
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