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Varaha Purana 144.12: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 12

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे हरो देवो मत्स्व रूपेण संयुतः ॥ शालग्रामे गिरौ तस्मिञ्छिलारूपेण तिष्ठति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.12

tasminkṣetre haro devo matsva rūpeṇa saṃyutaḥ || śālagrāme girau tasmiñ chilārūpeṇa tiṣṭhati ||

उस जगह पर शिव भगवान रहते हैं। वो मेरे रूप में हैं। सालग्राम पर्वत पर पत्थर की शकल में बैठे हैं।

तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
क्षेत्रेin the sacred field/place
क्षेत्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
हरःHara (Śiva)
हरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवःthe god
देवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हरस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन
मत्स्वas my own
मत्स्व:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाववत्/समासान्त; ‘मत्’ (मम) + ‘स्व’ (स्वकीय) = मम स्वः; रूपेण इत्यस्य विशेषण; तृतीया-एकवचनार्थे अव्यक्त (indeclinable-like in usage)
रूपेणby/with (a) form
रूपेण:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
संयुतःjoined/endowed
संयुतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे ‘युक्तः’
शालग्रामेin Śālagrāma
शालग्रामे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (स्थाननाम)
गिरौon the mountain
गिरौ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्मिन्in that
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
शिलारूपेणin the form of a stone
शिलारूपेण:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशिला + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः ‘शिलाया रूपम्’
तिष्ठतिstands/remains
तिष्ठति:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
P
Purāṇic Sacred Sites
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It documents a Purāṇic rationale for venerating natural objects (stones) within a named sacred landscape, relevant to the history of pilgrimage and material religion in South Asia.

Śālagrāma is named; in scholarship it is commonly associated with the Śālagrāma region along the Gaṇḍakī river system in present-day Nepal, though Purāṇic usage can be broader and layered.

The verse implies careful regard for culturally significant natural formations, supporting a heritage-oriented ethic of respectful interaction with sacred landscapes.

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