Varaha Purana 141.28: Adhyaya 141, Shloka 28
The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama
Badrinath Region
अस्ति मेरोरवरं नाम तस्मिन्गुह्यं परं मम । तत्र स्थितेन वै भूमे मेरुः संस्थापितः स्वयम् ॥
asti merorvaraṃ nāma tasmin guhyaṃ paraṃ mama | tatra sthitena vai bhūme meruḥ saṃsthāpitaḥ svayam ||
มีสถานที่หนึ่งชื่อ ‘เมโรร-วระ’; ณ ที่นั้นมีความลับสูงสุดของเรา ซ่อนอยู่ โอ้แผ่นดิน เมื่อผู้หนึ่งตั้งมั่นอยู่ที่นั่น เขาพึงทำให้เขาพระสุเมรุประหนึ่งสถาปนาขึ้นได้ด้วยตนเอง
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It preserves a toponym (Merorvara) and ties it to Meru cosmography, illustrating how Purāṇas connect localizable-sounding sites with pan-Indic cosmic geography.
Merorvara is identified as a named locus; its modern identification is not determinable from this excerpt alone and should be cataloged as a textual toponym pending comparative research.
The verse conveys an ethic of guarded knowledge (guhya) and disciplined abiding, implying that stability and order (symbolized by Meru) correlate with committed practice.
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