Varaha Purana 7.25: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 25
The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu
Gadādhara
सकृद् गयाभिगमनं सकृत्पिण्डप्रदापनम् । दुर्लभं त्वं पुनर्नित्यमस्मिन्नेव व्यवस्थितः ॥ ७.२५ ॥
sakṛd gayābhigamanaṃ sakṛt piṇḍapradāpanam | durlabhaṃ tvaṃ punar nityam asminn eva vyavasthitaḥ || 7.25 ||
सकृदेव गयाभिगमनं सकृदेव पिण्डप्रदापनम् सुलभम्; त्वं तु पुनर्नित्यं अस्मिन्नेव स्थितः—दुर्लभः॥
Varāha
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It reflects the Purāṇic framing of Gayā as a major cultural-ritual landscape associated with ancestral offerings (piṇḍa/śrāddha), illustrating how pilgrimage networks and commemorative rites were textualized in medieval Sanskrit literature.
Gayā—classically identified with the Gayā region in present-day Bihar (India), widely attested in Dharmaśāstra and Purāṇic sources as a prominent tīrtha connected with ancestral rites.
The verse contrasts the relative ease of performing a single externally defined rite (pilgrimage and offering) with the rarity of sustained inner or continual attainment implied by “ever abiding here,” emphasizing perseverance/steadfastness rather than one-time action.
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