Varaha Purana 147.30: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 30
The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa
the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release
शंखचक्रगदायुक्तो मम लोके महीयते ॥ पञ्च धाराः पतन्त्यत्र मूले मूलवटस्य हि ॥
śaṃkhacakragadāyukto mama loke mahīyate | pañca dhārāḥ patanty atra mūle mūlavaṭasya hi ||
شنکھ، چکر اور گدا سے آراستہ ہو کر وہ میرے لوک میں معزز ٹھہرتا ہے۔ یہاں مُولَوَٹ (ازلی برگد) کی جڑ میں پانچ دھارائیں گرتی ہیں۔
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It links sacred topography (streams and a landmark banyan) with devotional iconography, useful for studying how sites were described and remembered in textual cartographies.
A local landmark is named: Mūlavaṭa (a ‘primordial banyan’), associated with five falling streams; the broader tīrtha context is Go-niṣkrama.
The verse implicitly frames reverence for sacred landscapes—water sources and venerable trees—as part of culturally valued conduct.
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