Varaha Purana 150.47: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 47

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

Devanagari script

अगस्तिभवनं त्यक्त्वा मम लोकं तु गच्छति ॥ तस्य कुण्डस्य सुश्रोणि नव धारा न किञ्चन

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 150.47

Transliteration

agastibhavanaṃ tyaktvā mama lokaṃ tu gacchati || tasya kuṇḍasya suśroṇi nava dhārā na kiñcana

Translation

Wer die Wohnstätte Agastyas verlässt, gelangt wahrlich in meine Welt. O du Schönhüftige, zu jenem Teich gehören neun Ströme, ohne irgendeinen Mangel.

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Word by Word

• अगस्तिभवनम्: Agastya's abode
• अगस्तिभवनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अगस्तेः भवनम्)

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having abandoned'

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुण्डस्य: of the pool
• कुण्डस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped lady
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + श्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुश्रोणिः—'O fair-hipped one')

• नव: nine
• नव: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्या) प्रातिपदिक; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनार्थे अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; धारा-विशेषणम्

• धाराः: streams / flows
• धाराः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• किञ्चन: anything (at all)
• किञ्चन: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किञ्चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a micro-topography (a kuṇḍa with ‘nine streams’) alongside an afterlife claim typical of tīrtha-māhātmya sections.

Which geographic location is identified?

Agastya’s abode (Agastibhavana) and a nearby pond characterized by nine water-flows; the excerpt does not supply coordinates or regional markers.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It encourages pilgrimage framed as culturally meaningful movement through named landscapes, coupled with sustained devotion/mental orientation toward the instructor-deity.