Varaha Purana 141.32: Adhyaya 141, Shloka 32
The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama
Badrinath Region
मानसोद्भेदमिति च तत्रान्यत्तीर्थमुत्तमम् ॥ पृथ्वीमुद्भिद्य मध्ये तु जलं गच्छति सत्वरम् ॥
mānasodbhedam iti ca tatrānyat tīrtham uttamam || pṛthvīm udbhīdya madhye tu jalaṃ gacchati satvaram ||
และ ณ ที่นั้นยังมีทิรถะอันประเสริฐอีกแห่งหนึ่งชื่อ ‘มานโสทเภทะ’ น้ำของมันเจาะทะลุแผ่นดินแล้วไหลเข้าสู่ภายในอย่างรวดเร็ว
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It records a named tīrtha and a hydrological motif (subterranean flow), useful for comparing Purāṇic descriptions with regional spring traditions and landscape memory.
A tīrtha called Mānasodbheda, associated with the Mānasa/Mānasarovar cosmographic sphere; modern identification remains debated and often treated as mytho-geographic.
The text encourages attentiveness to water-sources as culturally protected spaces, aligning sacred geography with stewardship of hydrological features.
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