Description of sacred places (contd.) - Verse 5
Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 44 · Verse 5
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Sanskrit Original
प्रविश्य मण्डलं सौरं कृत्वासौ बहुधा पुनः। निर्दहत्यखिलं लोकं सप्तसप्तिस्वरूपधृक।।
praviśya maṇḍalaṃ sauraṃ kṛtvāsau bahudhā punaḥ| nirdahatyakhilaṃ lokaṃ saptasaptisvarūpadhṛk||
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There is the Tirtha belonging to Sambhu of unlimited splendour. Its name is Pancatapas. It is here that Bhava (Siva) was worshipped by the overlord of Devas (?) for the purpose of being mighty.