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Matsya Purana 182.10

Matsyapurāṇa 182.10

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182.10

yastatra nivasedvipro saṃyuktātmā samāhitaḥ.
trikālamapi bhuñjāno vāyubhakṣasamo bhavet .. 182.10 ..

The Siddhas always remain there owing to the presence of the Lord. Śiva has described Avimukta to excel all the sacred places, nor is there any other place more sacred than it. Every part of it is holy and endowed with a holy tîrtha. There exists a divine abode, over the cremation ground there, and it is not visible to all. Yet it is connected with the earth. There the abode of Śiva (Śivâlaya) is situated in the space. Unworthy people who are not yogis, cannot behold the Lord's abode, but the Yogis, the Brahmacharis and the knowers of the Vedas can see it. Those who are Brahmachâris the Siddhas the Vedântis and do not leave this place till death, they attaining all the benefits of sacrifices and washed off from all their sins, attain the highest position. The Brâhmaṇas living there on three meals a day, and without any Yoga or their mind under control, attain virtues, like the one living merely on air, and get the highest position that an ascetic would get—5 10

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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