sthala-purana
स्थलपुराण sthalapurāṇaA 'site Purana'; a local text telling the sacred legend of a particular temple or holy place, very numerous especially in South India.
Where this term appears
- The Pancha Bhuta Sthalam: Five Element Temples Temples
Each has its own ancient and independent legend, its own sthala-purana .
- The People's Veda Treatise
…e all in the south, almost every temple of any importance has its own sthala-purana , a "site Purana," a local text that tells the sacred legend of that exact spot: how the deity came to dwell there, what mirac…