Varaha Purana 126.163: Adhyaya 126, Shloka 163

The Greatness of Kubjāmraka: Raibhya’s Boon and the Teaching on the Sacred Tīrthas

Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-māhātmya (Phenomenological markers of sacred water)

Devanagari script

येन विज्ञायते प्राज्ञैर्मम भक्तं सुखावहम् ॥ उष्णं भवति हेमन्ते वसुधे तज्जलं तथा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 126.163

Transliteration

yena vijñāyate prājñair mama bhaktaṃ sukhāvaham || uṣṇaṃ bhavati hemante vasudhe tajjalaṃ tathā

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

इस्से समझदार लोग पहचान लेते हैं कि यह जगह मेरी भक्ति है और सुख देती है। धरती, सर्दियों में यह पानी गरम हो जाता है।

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Word by Word

• येन: by which
• Type: Noun
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; करणवाचक
• Role: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विज्ञायते: is known/recognized
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: वि + ज्ञा (धातु)

• प्राज्ञैः: by the wise
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Agent in passive)
• Root: प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• भक्तम्: devotee/devotion (object)
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √भज्)

• सुखावहम्: bringing happiness
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सुखम् आवहति इति) भक्तम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: सुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिक; सुख + √वह्)

• उष्णम्: warm/hot
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; जलम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवति: becomes/is
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: भू (धातु)

• हेमन्ते: in winter
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालवाचक
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Root: हेमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• वसुधे: O Earth (goddess)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्: that
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; जलम् इति पदस्य विशेषणम्
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जलम्: water
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• प्राज्ञैर्मम = प्राज्ञैः + मम
• तज्जलम् = तत् + जलम्

Speaker and setting

Vira and Shanta rasaSetting: Royal palace / sabhā

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Nīti (ethical governance)

Subjects

Sacred GeographyEcologyHeritage Sites

Core idea

Truthful speech deserves immediate access and honor in a righteous polity.

In practice

Leaders should create protocols that prioritize honest counsel and reduce gatekeeping against dharmic voices.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Environmental Observation
• Tirtha Mahatmya

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a criterion for identifying a sacred site through natural observation (seasonal temperature of water), relevant to historical geography and environmental memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

A specific water source/tīrtha is implied, characterized by warm water in winter; the fragment does not provide a unique modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Use discernment (prājñaiḥ) and observe natural signs carefully—an epistemic ethic tied to place-based tradition.