Varaha Purana 144.146: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 146
The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape
Pūrva Bhāga · Prayāga Māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Pilgrimage Narrative)
पश्यतस्तस्य तु विधोस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ सोमेशाद्दक्षिणे भागे बाणेनाद्रिं विभिद्य वै ॥
paśyatastasya tu vidhos tatraivāntaradhīyata || someśād dakṣiṇe bhāge bāṇenādriṁ vibhidya vai ||
pashyatastasya tu vidhostatraivAMtaradhIyata || someshAddakShiNe bhAge bANenAdriM vibhidya vai
जब वो देख रहा था, वो भगवान वही गायब हो गए। फिर सोमेश के दाएँ तरफ से उन्होंने पहाड़ को तीर से तोड़ा।
Sandhi Notes
- तत्रैव = तत्र + एव
- अन्तरधीयत (no sandhi)
- सोमेशाद् = सोमेशात् (द् before voiced consonant)
- बाणेनाद्रिम् = बाणेन + अद्रिम्
Varāha
Sacred space is disclosed through divine epiphany and disappearance; landscape becomes scripture via mythic causation
Pilgrims treat named directional markers as part of disciplined yātrā—moving with attentiveness to shrine-relations and local tīrtha-stories
Indirect: Mathurā-maṇḍala framing anticipates later Vaiṣṇava sacralization, but this verse itself is Śaiva-topographic and not Kṛṣṇa-specific
Varāha Purāṇa Mathurā-māhātmya sequences that anchor sites by directional cues (dakṣiṇa/uttara) and etiological acts (bheda, prādurbhāva, tirobhāva)
FAQs
It preserves a mythic-etiological style typical of Purāṇic sacred geography, where physical landmarks (mountains, river zones) are linked to exemplary acts.
“Someśa” is mentioned as a reference point; without broader context, it may denote a Śiva-associated locale (Someshvara) used to anchor a regional sacred map.
No direct ethical injunction appears; the verse primarily functions as narrative localization and sacred-site mapping.
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