Varaha Purana 149.52: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 52
The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā
कदम्बात्पतते धारा तत्र पूर्वविनिःसृता ॥ स कदम्बो महाभागे माघमासस्य द्वादशी ॥
kadambāt patate dhārā tatra pūrvaviniḥsṛtā || sa kadambo mahābhāge māghamāsasya dvādaśī ||
కదంబం నుండి ఒక ధార పడుతుంది; అది అక్కడ పూర్వకాలం నుంచే ప్రవహిస్తోంది. ఓ మహాభాగ్యవంతుడా, ఆ కదంబం మాఘమాస ద్వాదశితో సంబంధించింది.
Varāha (addressing Pṛthivī; vocative 'mahābhāge')
Varāha addresses Pṛthivī (‘mahābhāge’) while revealing a site’s sacred hydrology and its calendrical sanctity.
What is the sacred marvel of this Kadamba-associated stream, and why is Māgha-dvādaśī especially significant there?
curious/attentive
Kadamba is strongly evocative of Vraja/Kṛṣṇa-līlā ecology (Kadamba groves); the Māgha-dvādaśī linkage can be read as Vaiṣṇava calendrical sacralization of a Vraja-like site.
The Kadamba-associated stream is an ancient sacred feature, with special observance/auspiciousness indicated for Māgha śukla-dvādaśī at that site.
Timely tīrtha-sevā on the indicated tithi amplifies puṇya; ignoring the calendrical sanctity forfeits the heightened fruit associated with that day.
Dvādaśī of Māgha (bright/unspecified in verse; treated as Māgha-dvādaśī)
Enhanced tīrtha-phala through bathing/ritual acts at the Kadamba stream on the specified tithi; progression toward Vaiṣṇava merit and higher loka.
Nature (tree/water) becomes tīrtha through primordial sanctification and dharmic remembrance; time (tithi) unlocks intensified sacred potency.
Practice tīrtha-ethics: visit respectfully, avoid polluting water/tree, and align pilgrimage/ritual bathing with the indicated tithi.
sacred tree-site / water-feature (spring/stream/fall)
Varāha Purāṇa 149 (site-by-site māhātmya with calendrical markers)
FAQs
It ties a natural feature (a descending stream associated with a kadamba) to ritual time (Māgha Dvādaśī), illustrating how ecology and calendrics co-structure tīrtha traditions.
A Kadamba-associated site with a descending stream is indicated; modern identification is indeterminate from this excerpt alone.
The verse encourages time-sensitive, place-based observance—aligning human practice with natural and calendrical rhythms.
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