Varaha Purana 176.49: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 49
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
स्नात्वा तीर्थे च कृष्णस्य देवं दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य च ॥ कालिञ्जरस्य पूजार्थं सत्रार्थं परिकल्प्य च ॥
snātvā tīrthe ca kṛṣṇasya devaṃ dṛṣṭvā praṇamya ca || kāliñjarasya pūjārthaṃ satrārthaṃ parikalpya ca ||
కృష్ణతీర్థంలో స్నానం చేసి, దేవుని దర్శించి నమస్కరించి; కాలింజర పూజార్థం మరియు సత్రార్థం కూడా ఏర్పాట్లు చేసెను।
Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)
FAQs
It ties together tīrtha bathing, deity veneration, and institutional provisioning (satra), illustrating how sacred places function as nodes of ritual and community support.
Kāliñjara is explicitly named, and a ‘tīrtha of Kṛṣṇa’ is referenced as the bathing site in the narrative.
It presents a model where personal ritual acts are coupled with planned support for public worship and communal rites.
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