Varaha Purana 166.12: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 12
The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa
यावन्निरीक्षयाम्यग्रं तावत्तिष्ठन्ति सन्निधौ ॥ तीर्थान्यूचुः ॥ जय विष्णो जयाचिन्त्य जय देव जयाच्युत ।
yāvannirīkṣayāmy agraṁ tāvattiṣṭhanti sannidhau || tīrthāny ūcuḥ || jaya viṣṇo jayācintya jaya deva jayācyuta |
यावद् अहम् अग्रं निरीक्षे तावद् एते सन्निधौ तिष्ठन्ति। तीर्थान्य् ऊचुः— जय विष्णो, जय अचिन्त्य, जय देव, जय अच्युत।
Tīrthāni (personified sacred sites), with a narrative lead-in
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It reflects a Purāṇic literary device where tīrthas are personified as speaking agents, linking sacred geography with theological praise in a pilgrimage-oriented narrative.
The broader passage anchors the discourse in Mathurā (explicitly named in later verses of this unit), a major North Indian cultural and pilgrimage center.
The verse primarily models reverential speech and collective veneration rather than a direct ethical injunction; it frames sacred places as oriented toward remembrance and restraint.
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