Varaha Purana 176.91: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 91
The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā
असिकुण्डे सरस्वत्यां तथा कालिञ्जरस्य च ॥ पञ्चतीर्थाभिषेकाच्च यत्फलं लभते नरः ॥
asikuṇḍe sarasvatyāṃ tathā kāliñjarasya ca || pañcatīrthābhiṣekācca yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ
ผลบุญใดที่มนุษย์ได้รับจากการอาบน้ำศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ณ อสิกุณฑะ ณ แม่น้ำสรัสวตี และที่กาลิญชระ อีกทั้งจากการอภิเษกสรง ณ ‘ปัญจตีรถะ’ ทั้งห้า—
Unspecified (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue; immediate speaker not explicit in this fragment)
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It preserves a catalog-style mapping of tīrthas, valuable for reconstructing networks of pilgrimage and the textual memorialization of regional sacred landscapes.
Asikuṇḍa, the Sarasvatī, and Kāliñjara are named; Kāliñjara is commonly identified with the Kālinjar hill-fort region (Bundelkhand), while Sarasvatī may denote either a river tradition or a localized sacred water-site depending on recension.
The verse emphasizes culturally sanctioned means of purification and merit-acquisition through regulated engagement with sacred waters and sites.
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