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Description of sacred places (contd.) - Verse 17

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 44 · Verse 17

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Sanskrit Original

इन्द्रियाणि च सर्वाणि तैजसे यान्ति संक्षयम। वैकारिके देवगणाः प्रलंय यान्ति सत्तमाः।।

indriyāṇi ca sarvāṇi taijase yānti saṃkṣayam| vaikārike devagaṇāḥ pralaṃya yānti sattamāḥ||

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The great city named Varanasi is very divine. It is a ten thousand times, nay, a hundred million times more auspicious than all these holy centres.