Varaha Purana 144.128: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 128

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

Devanagari script

गण्डक्यामेव सञ्जातो ग्राहः पूर्वस्मृतिर्द्विजः ॥ त्रिवेणीक्षेत्रमध्ये तु जयोऽभूद्वै महान्गजः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.128

Transliteration

gaṇḍakyām eva sañjāto grāhaḥ pūrvasmṛtir dvijaḥ || triveṇīkṣetramadhye tu jayo 'bhūd vai mahān gajaḥ

Translation

गंडकी नदी में वो ब्राह्मण मगरमच्छ बन गया। उसको अपनी पहले वाली लाइफ याद थी। त्रिवेणी क्षेत्र में जय एक बड़ा हाथी बन गया।

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Word by Word

• गण्डक्याम्: in the Gaṇḍakī (river)
• गण्डक्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; देश/नदी-नाम

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• सञ्जातः: born, arisen
• सञ्जातः: Kriya/Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) with उपसर्ग सम्- ‘born/produced’

• ग्राहः: crocodile
• ग्राहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वस्मृतिः: with former recollection
• पूर्वस्मृतिः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व + स्मृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे ‘previous memory/recollection’

• द्विजः: a brāhmaṇa (twice-born)
• द्विजः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिवेणी-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: in the midst of the Triveṇī sacred region
• त्रिवेणी-क्षेत्र-मध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिवेणी (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (locative) ‘in the middle of the Triveṇī region’

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (but/indeed)

• जयः: Jaya (name)
• जयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभूत्: became
• अभूत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• महान्: great, huge
• महान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• गजः: elephant
• गजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice; default dialogue frame: Varāha → Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Cultural Heritage
• South Asian Rivers

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links narrative transformation to named landscapes, a characteristic Purāṇic method for sacralizing rivers and pilgrimage zones through etiological storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

Gaṇḍakī (commonly identified with the Gandak river system in North India/Nepal) and Triveṇī-kṣetra (a confluence/pilgrimage complex, often associated with Prayāga/Prayāgraj in broader Sanskrit tradition).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implies moral continuity across lives (pūrvasmṛti), reinforcing accountability and the narrative consequences of prior conduct.