Varaha Purana 143.30: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 30

Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove

Pūrva Bhāga · Directional Springs/Streams on Mandāra: Sacred Hydrography

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे पश्चिमे भागे मन्दारस्य यशस्विनि ॥ अत्र धारा पतत्येका आदित्यसमतेजसा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 143.30

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe paścime bhāge mandārasya yaśasvini || atra dhārā patatyekā ādityasamatejasā ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

मंदर पर्वत के पास, दक्षिण-पश्चिम साइड, एक नदी गिर रही है। उसकी चमक सूरज जैसी है। बड़ा प्रसिद्ध पर्वत है यह।

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Word by Word

• दक्षिणे: in the southern
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण भागे
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)

• पश्चिमे: in the western
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण भागे
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)

• भागे: in the region/part
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)

• मन्दारस्य: of Mandāra (mountain/tree)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
• Role: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Root: मन्दार (प्रातिपदिक)

• यशस्विनि: O illustrious one
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; स्त्री-सम्बोधन (addressing a female: O illustrious one)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: यशस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्र: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• धारा: a stream/flow
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• पतति: falls/flows down
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: पत् (धातु)

• एका: single/one
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण धारा
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आदित्यसमतेजसा: with sun-like radiance
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; बहिर्वृत्ति-विशेषणरूपेण: ‘आदित्येन समं तेजः यस्य’ इति (sun-like in brilliance) — तृतीया द्वारा साधर्म्य/उपमान (with brilliance like the sun)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• पतत्येका = पतति + एका (स्वर-सन्धि: इ + ए → ये)
• आदित्यसमतेजसा = आदित्य-सम-तेजसा (समास; तृतीया एकवचन रूप)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious, appreciative of sacred landscape descriptions

What she asks

Where are the luminous waters/streams located in the cosmic geography, and what marks their sanctity?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Sacred ecology / darśana of tīrtha

Subjects

Sacred GeographyHydrographyCosmologyHeritage Sites

Core idea

Natural features (water, light, direction) are read as signs of dharma and divine presence in the cosmos.

In practice

Approach waters as sacred: cultivate purity, restraint, and reverence when encountering rivers/streams; see luminosity as a cue for inner clarity.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha addresses Earth as ‘yaśasvinī’, guiding her (and listeners) through cosmic topography.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Environmental Imagery
• Purāṇic Topography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a directional, place-based catalog of sacred waters, valuable for understanding how Purāṇas encode geography through hydrological markers.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mandāra (मन्दार), a prominent mythic mountain in Purāṇic and epic literature; precise modern identification is debated and often treated as symbolic within cosmographic schemata.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it elevates natural watercourses as culturally protected heritage features by marking them as luminous and ritually significant.