The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama
Badrinath Region
अस्ति चोर्वशिकुण्डेति गुह्यं क्षेत्रे परं मम। यत्र चैवोर्वशी भित्त्वा दक्षिणोरुमजायत॥
asti corvaśikuṇḍeti guhyaṁ kṣetre paraṁ mama | yatra caivorvaśī bhittvā dakṣiṇorum ajāyata ||
నా పరమ గుహ్య క్షేత్రములో ‘చోర్వశికుణ్డ’ అనే తీర్థం ఉంది; అక్కడే ఉర్వశీ (దానిని) చీల్చి కుడి తొడ నుండి జన్మించింది.
Varāha
It provides an etiology for a sacred pond (kuṇḍa) through a named figure (Urvaśī), illustrating how Purāṇic texts anchor mythic memory to specific landscapes.
A site called (C)Orvaśikuṇḍa is identified; without additional coordinates in the excerpt, it remains a Purāṇic toponym requiring cross-text comparison for modern mapping.
The verse primarily encodes cultural-heritage meaning (why a place is considered significant) rather than issuing a direct ethical rule.
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