Varaha Purana 151.45: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 45

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

तत्र धारा पतत्येका शरभङ्गश्रिता नदी ॥ स्नानं यस्तत्र कुर्वीत षष्ठभक्तोषितो नरः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.45

Transliteration

tatra dhārā patatyekā śarabhaṅgaśritā nadī || snānaṃ yastatra kurvīta ṣaṣṭhabhaktoṣito naraḥ

Translation

هناك يهبط مجرى واحد (dhārā)، نهرٌ منسوبٌ إلى شَرَبَهَنْغا (Śarabhaṅga). والرجلُ الذي يغتسل هناك بعد أن التزم بنسكِ ṣaṣṭha-bhakta (صيامٌ منضبط أو طعامٌ محدود)،

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• धारा: stream/flow
• धारा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case/Nominative), एकवचन

• पतति: falls/flows down
• पतति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एका: single/one
• एका: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• शरभङ्ग-श्रिता: resting on/associated with Śarabhaṅga
• शरभङ्ग-श्रिता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरभङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रि (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘श्रित’ = ‘resorted to’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive-determinative)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case/Accusative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय

• कुर्वीत: should do/performs
• कुर्वीत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• षष्ठ-भक्त-उषितः: one who has observed the ‘sixth-meal’ vow/fasting regimen
• षष्ठ-भक्त-उषितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्/उष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उषित’ क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (one who has stayed/observed); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘षष्ठभक्त’ = ‘having food on the sixth (day)’; समस्तपद as qualifier

• नरः: man/person
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic tīrtha-catalogue style, linking specific hydrological features (a falling stream) with an ascetic/ṛṣi-associated toponym (Śarabhaṅga), typical of medieval sacred-geography mapping.

Which geographic location is identified?

A tīrtha described as a single descending stream connected with Śarabhaṅga; the fragment does not provide a modern identification, but it functions as a named sacred micro-landscape within the text.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Undertake disciplined conduct (regulated eating/fasting) and ritual bathing as a form of self-restraint and culturally sanctioned engagement with a heritage water-site.