Varaha Purana 151.40: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 40

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

पञ्च धाराः पतन्त्यत्र हिमकूटविनिःसृताः ॥ तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत पञ्चकालोषितो नरः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.40

Transliteration

pañca dhārāḥ patanty atra himakūṭaviniḥsṛtāḥ || tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta pañcakāloṣito naraḥ

Translation

هنا تسقط خمسةُ مجارٍ مائيةٍ منحدرةً، منبثقةً من هيمكوطا (Himakūṭa). وهناك ينبغي للإنسان أن يُقيم طقس الأبيشيكا (abhiṣeka) بعد التزامه بنظام البانچا-كالا (pañca-kāla).

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Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; here used as numeral adjective qualifying dhārāḥ; (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• dhārāḥ: streams/flows
• dhārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); बहुवचन (Plural)

• patanti: fall/flow down
• patanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन (Plural)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• himakūṭa-viniḥsṛtāḥ: issuing forth from the Himakūṭa (mountain)
• himakūṭa-viniḥsṛtāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + kūṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + viniḥsṛta (कृदन्त; नि√सृ (धातु) with vi-, past passive participle)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्; पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग?—here agrees with dhārāḥ (स्त्रीलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन); प्रथमा-बहुवचन; PPP used adjectivally

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• abhiṣekam: ablution/ritual bathing (anointing)
• abhiṣekam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); एकवचन (Singular)

• kurvīta: should perform
• kurvīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); आत्मनेपद; प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन (Singular)

• pañca-kāla-uṣitaḥ: one who has stayed for five periods (five times)
• pañca-kāla-uṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + uṣita (कृदन्त; √vas/√uṣ?—uṣita ‘dwelt/stayed’, PPP used adjectivally)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘pañcakāla’ (five times/periods) as upapada; uṣitaḥ as PPP qualifying naraḥ

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative); एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named topographic feature (Himakūṭa) with a ritual hydrology (five dhārās), preserving a memory of landscape sacralization typical of tīrtha-māhātmya materials.

Which geographic location is identified?

Himakūṭa is mentioned as the source of the streams; Pañcakuṇḍa is the associated tīrtha (from the preceding verse).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Undertake abhiṣeka with timed discipline (pañca-kāla), emphasizing structured observance.