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Varaha Purana 149.98: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 98

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

सर्वभागवतप्रीतिं समुद्रतटमाश्रितः ॥ अहं रामेण सहितः सा चाप्येकादशी शुभा ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 149.98

sarvabhāgavataprītiṃ samudrataṭam āśritaḥ || ahaṃ rāmeṇa sahitaḥ sā cāpy ekādaśī śubhā

Am Meeresufer verweilend, erfreut dieser Ort alle Verehrer des seligen Herrn. Ich bin dort zusammen mit Rāma; und auch jene Ekādaśī ist glückverheißend.

सर्वभागवतप्रीतिम्devotion/affection for all devotees
सर्वभागवतप्रीतिम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व-भागवत-प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भागवतस्य प्रीतिः), पूर्वपद-विशेषणम् ‘सर्व’
समुद्रतटम्the seashore
समुद्रतटम्:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र-तट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (समुद्रस्य तटः)
आश्रितःhaving resorted to / dwelling at
आश्रितः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); क्रियाविशेषण-भावेन ‘स्थितः/आश्रितः’
अहम्I
अहम्:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
रामेणwith Rama
रामेण:
सहकारक/सह (Sahakāraka; accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootराम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg.)
सहितःaccompanied (together)
सहितः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeAdjective
Rootसह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / ‘सहित’ (प्रातिपदिकवत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally), पुल्लिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
साshe/that (f.)
सा:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
and
:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अपिalso
अपि:
सम्बन्ध/निपात (particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle); अर्थः—‘also/even’
एकादशीEkādaśī (the 11th lunar day)
एकादशी:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootएकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
शुभाauspicious
शुभा:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘एकादशी’)

Varāha (Viṣṇu)

C
Classical Literature
C
Coastal Sacred Geography
V
Vaiṣṇava Calendrics
P
Purāṇic Pilgrimage

FAQs

It connects a coastal sacred setting with devotional observance (Ekādaśī), showing how Purāṇic texts map religious calendars onto physical landscapes.

The verse identifies a coastal zone (samudrataṭa) but does not specify a named modern location; it may relate to a broader tīrtha network associated with the preceding narrative.

It promotes mindful calendrical observance and respectful engagement with heritage landscapes, framed as a cultural practice that fosters communal devotion.

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