Varaha Purana 151.75: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 75

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

यदीच्छेत्पराम् सिद्धिं सर्वसंसारमोक्षणीम् ॥ एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे लोहाङ्गलमनुत्तमम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 151.75

Transliteration

yad icchet parāṃ siddhiṃ sarvasaṃsāramokṣaṇīm || etat te kathitaṃ bhadre lohāṅgalam anuttamam ||

Translation

Wenn jemand die höchste Vollendung begehrt, die aus der ganzen weltlichen Daseinsrunde befreit, so ist dir dies, o Glückverheißende, dargelegt worden: das unvergleichliche Lohāṅgala.

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Word by Word

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: Conditional particle (शर्तसूचक-अव्यय)

• icchet: should desire
• icchet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• parām: supreme
• parām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘siddhim’

• siddhim: attainment, success
• siddhim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-saṃsāra-mokṣaṇīm: that which liberates from all worldly existence
• sarva-saṃsāra-mokṣaṇīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsāra (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘siddhim’; tatpuruṣa: ‘sarvasya saṃsārasya mokṣaṇī’ (that which releases from all saṃsāra)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/predicate complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Dative (चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kathitam: told, narrated
• kathitam: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘etat’

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• lohāṅgalam: iron plough
• lohāṅgalam: Karta (कर्ता/predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: ‘lohasya aṅgalam’ (iron plough)

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘lohāṅgalam’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Pilgrimage Networks

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It frames a named sacred locus/rite (Lohāṅgala) as a means toward liberation, reflecting Purāṇic mapping of soteriology onto pilgrimage geographies.

Which geographic location is identified?

‘Lohāṅgala’ appears as a proper name; precise modern identification cannot be fixed from this fragment alone without broader manuscript context and parallel tīrtha lists.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes purposeful pursuit of liberation (mokṣa) through prescribed teachings, presented as a disciplined spiritual aim rather than coercive obligation.