Varaha Purana 140.32: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 32

The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

पञ्च धाराः पतन्त्यत्र गिरिकुञ्जसमाश्रिताः ॥ तत्र चापि कृतस्नानः पञ्चरात्रोषितो नरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 140.32

Transliteration

pañca dhārāḥ patanty atra girikuñjasamāśritāḥ || tatra cāpi kṛtasnānaḥ pañcarātroṣito naraḥ

Translation

Hier stürzen fünf Ströme herab, geborgen in den Dickichten der Berge. Dort auch—nachdem er gebadet hat—der Mann, der fünf Nächte verweilt…

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Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; विशेषणम्; (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• dhārāḥ: streams/flows
• dhārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

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

• giri-kuñja-samāśritāḥ: resting on/attached to mountain-groves
• giri-kuñja-samāśritāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + kuñja (प्रातिपदिक) + sam-ā-śri (धातु)
• Form: समासः: गिरिकुञ्ज (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/locative-sense determinative) + समाश्रित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग?—रूपानुसारं प्रथमा बहुवचन (dhārāḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-निपात (also/even)

• kṛta-snānaḥ: having bathed
• kṛta-snānaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; कृ धातु) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः; कृत (क्त, PPP) + स्नान; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (naraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• pañca-rātra-uṣitaḥ: having stayed for five nights
• pañca-rātra-uṣitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक) + uṣ (धातु)
• Form: समासः: पञ्चरात्र (द्विगु/संख्यापूर्वक तत्पुरुष) + उषित (क्त, PPP ‘dwelt’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (naraḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

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

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a landscape description (multiple descending streams in a mountain setting) tied to a regulated vow-like stay, useful for environmental and pilgrimage mapping of Purāṇic sites.

Which geographic location is identified?

A specific ‘five-stream’ locality is described but not named in this verse; the identification depends on the named tīrtha in adjacent lines.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes sustained observance (five-night residence) alongside ritual bathing as disciplined practice.