Varaha Purana 153.40: Adhyaya 153, Shloka 40

The Glory of the Mathurā Sacred Landscape: Saṃyamana Tīrtha and the Twelve Sacred Forests

Devanagari script

लोहजङ्घवनं नाम लोहजङ्घेन रक्षितम् ॥ नवमं तु वनं नाम सर्वपातकनाशनम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 153.40

Transliteration

lohajaṅghavanaṃ nāma lohajaṅghena rakṣitam || navamaṃ tu vanaṃ nāma sarvapātakanāśanam ||

Translation

Es gibt einen Wald namens Lohajaṅghavana, beschützt von Lohajaṅgha; man sagt, dies sei der neunte Wald, der alle schweren Verfehlungen vernichtet.

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Word by Word

• lohajaṅghavanam: Lohajaṅgha-forest
• lohajaṅghavanam: Karta (कर्ता) in nominal clause
• Type: Noun
• Root: lohajaṅgha (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Ekavacana; lohajaṅghasya vanam = forest of Lohajaṅgha

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya, naming particle (नाम-प्रयोग)

• lohajaṅghena: by Lohajaṅgha
• lohajaṅghena: Kartṛ (कर्ता) in passive / Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lohajaṅgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā Ekavacana; agent-instrumental in passive construction

• rakṣitam: protected
• rakṣitam: Kriyā (क्रिया) / Predicate participle
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ (रक्ष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Napumsaka Prathamā Ekavacana agreeing with vanam; passive sense ‘protected’

• navamam: ninth
• navamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: navama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Ekavacana; ordinal adjective qualifying vanam

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात)

• vanam: forest
• vanam: Karta (कर्ता) in nominal clause
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Ekavacana

• nāma: called
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya, naming particle (नाम-प्रयोग)

• sarvapātakanāśanam: destroying all sins
• sarvapātakanāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pātaka (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā Ekavacana; sarvāṇi pātakāni nāśayati iti = destroyer of all sins (bahu-tatpuruṣa chain)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sacred Landscapes
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a toponym and a guardian figure, showing how Purāṇic place-lists embed local mythic protectors into a broader ethical geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Lohajaṅghavana is identified as a forest; the fragment does not provide enough detail for a secure modern scholarly identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse portrays the site as ethically transformative (removing severe wrongdoing), reinforcing the cultural idea of certain landscapes as moral-purificatory spaces.