Varaha Purana 151.46: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 46

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

मोदते तस्य लोकेषु ऋषिकन्याप्रमोदितः ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान् सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.46

Transliteration

modate tasya lokeṣu ṛṣikanyāpramoditaḥ || athātra muñcate prāṇānsarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ

Translation

—يفرح في تلك العوالم، مسرورًا ببناتِ الرِّشي (ṛṣi-kanyās). ثم هنا بعينه يترك أنفاسه الحياتية، متحررًا من كل تعلّق.

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Word by Word

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), एकवचन

• लोकेषु: in worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), बहुवचन

• ऋषि-कन्या-प्रमोदितः: gladdened by the sage’s daughter
• ऋषि-कन्या-प्रमोदितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-मुद् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘प्रमोदित’ = ‘made glad’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ऋषिकन्या’ = ‘sage’s daughter’ (genitive relation implied)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय

• मुञ्चते: releases/gives up
• मुञ्चते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्व-सङ्ग-विवर्जितः: free from all attachments
• सर्व-सङ्ग-विवर्जितः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-वृज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘विवर्जित’ = ‘devoid of’; तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वसङ्ग’ = ‘all attachments’ (determinative)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Afterlife Topography
• Ascetic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic merit narratives that connect tīrtha practice with imagined cosmological destinations, while simultaneously valuing detachment as an ethical ideal.

Which geographic location is identified?

The text indicates the same tīrtha context as the preceding verse (“here/atra”), without specifying a modern correlate in this excerpt.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate non-attachment (freedom from saṅga) even while engaging in culturally prescribed rites, presenting renunciation as the mature culmination of practice.