Varaha Purana 151.52: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 52

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

गत्वा बृहस्पतेर्लोकं मुनिकन्याभिमोदितः ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम लोकं समाश्रितः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 151.52

Transliteration

gatvā bṛhaspaterlokaṃ munikanyābhimoditaḥ || athātra muñcate prāṇānmama lokaṃ samāśritaḥ

Translation

Nachdem er in die Welt des Bṛhaspati gelangt ist und von den Töchtern der Weisen freudig begrüßt wurde, legt er dann hier seine Lebenshauche nieder, da er in meiner Welt Zuflucht genommen hat.

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Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having gone’

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: कर्म (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनि-कन्या-अभिमोदितः: welcomed by the sage’s daughter
• मुनि-कन्या-अभिमोदितः: विशेषण (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिमोदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, अभि-√मुद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मुनिकन्यया अभिमोदितः = welcomed/approved by the sage’s daughter)

• अथ: then
• अथ: सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: अधिकरण (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• मुञ्चते: releases/lets go
• मुञ्चते: क्रिया (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

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

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकम्: world
• लोकम्: कर्म (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाश्रितः: having taken refuge in/abiding in
• समाश्रितः: विशेषण (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्रि (धातु) → समाश्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having resorted to/abiding in’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Afterlife Topography
• Ascetic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates a layered cosmology where tīrtha practice yields access to named lokas, while the narrative still pivots toward the speaker’s superior ‘world’ as final refuge.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the Bṛhaspati-kuṇḍa context; “here/atra” indicates the ritual site where the described transition culminates.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text valorizes detachment at life’s end and frames ‘refuge’ (samāśraya) as the culmination of disciplined practice rather than mere enjoyment of reward.