Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
नाहस्थानं शुभाकारं यदासीद्वज्रभूषितम् तज्जातं केसरारण्यं बकुलं नामतो मुने
nāhasthānaṃ śubhākāraṃ yadāsīdvajrabhūṣitam tajjātaṃ kesarāraṇyaṃ bakulaṃ nāmato mune
圣者啊,那原在鼻处、形相吉祥并饰以如金刚(vajra)般光辉之地,化为计舍罗之林,名曰“婆俱罗”(Bakula)。
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The landscape is presented as sanctified and meaningful, not merely physical: sacred places originate from divine/numinous sources, encouraging reverence and mindful conduct in tīrthas.
Primarily within Vamśānucarita / narrative description of holy places and their origins (tīrtha-māhātmya material), rather than sarga/pratisarga cosmogenesis.
Linking a forest to a divine body-location (the nose) sacralizes geography through embodied symbolism; ‘vajra-adornment’ suggests indestructible purity/effulgence marking the site’s potency.