Varaha Purana 149.45: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 45

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

मुक्तसङ्गो महाभागे मोदते वरुणालये ॥ अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान् हंसकुण्डे वरानने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.45

Transliteration

muktasaṅgo mahābhāge modate varuṇālaye || athātra muñcate prāṇān haṃsakuṇḍe varānane ||

Translation

Von Anhaftung befreit, o Glückseliger, erfreut er sich in Varuṇas Wohnstatt. Und wenn er hier in Haṃsakuṇḍa seine Lebenshauche hingibt, o Schönangesichtige, so heißt es, führt dies zu jenem Zustand.

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Word by Word

• मुक्तसङ्गः: free from attachment
• मुक्तसङ्गः: कर्ता (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्त (मुच् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (one whose attachment is released), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate lady
• महाभागे: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वरुणालये: in Varuṇa’s abode
• वरुणालये: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive Tatpurusha: ‘वरुणस्य आलयः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/आरम्भसूचक-अव्यय (then/now)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: देशाधिकरण (Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• मुंचते: releases / gives up
• मुंचते: क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths / life
• प्राणान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• हंसकुण्डे: at Haṃsakuṇḍa
• हंसकुण्डे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंसकुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक; हंस+कुण्ड)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वरम् आननम् यस्याः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Eschatology
• Tīrtha Studies
• Ancient Cosmography
• Detachment Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a widespread Purāṇic theme: tīrthas are not only pilgrimage sites but also imagined gateways within a layered cosmology (e.g., Varuṇa’s sphere).

Which geographic location is identified?

Haṃsakuṇḍa is the named site; the cosmological destination “Varuṇālaya” is conceptual rather than a mappable terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds detachment (mukta-saṅga) as the inner qualification associated with auspicious outcomes.