Varaha Purana 144.155: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 155

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

Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Triveṇī–Jaleśvara–Śālagrāma Context)

Devanagari script

क्षिप्तं पुनः पुनस्तत्तु शिलाः सङ्घट्टयद्धरे ॥ सङ्घट्टनात्तु चक्रस्य शिलाश्चक्रेण लाञ्छिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.155

Transliteration

kṣiptaṃ punaḥ punas tat tu śilāḥ saṅghaṭṭayad dhare || saṅghaṭṭanāt tu cakrasya śilāś cakreṇa lāñchitāḥ ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

वोह पत्थर बार-बार फेंके जाते थे और आपस में टकराते थे। चकर की मार से पत्थर में चकर का निशान बन गया।

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Word by Word

• kṣiptam: thrown / cast
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kṣip (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)

• punaḥ: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)

• punas: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; पुनः इत्यस्य पदान्त-रूप (sandhi variant)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)

• tat: that
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun
• Role: Anaphoric/Deictic (निर्देशक)
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेक (particle: but/indeed)
• Role: Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• śilāḥ: stones
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṅghaṭṭayat: was making (them) strike/rub together
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिच्) ‘to cause to rub/strike together’
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: saṅghaṭṭaya (धातु-प्रयोजक/णिच्)

• dhare: on the bearer (e.g., the mountain/holder)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; ‘on/at the bearer’ (epithet)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: dhara (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṅghaṭṭanāt: from the striking together / due to collision
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी एकवचन; ablative of cause (हेतु)
• Role: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Root: saṅghaṭṭana (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: indeed / but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Sambandha-nipāta (सम्बन्ध-निपात)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• cakrasya: of the discus (chakra)
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)

• śilāḥ: stones
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)

• cakreṇa: by/with the discus
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; instrumental (करण)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)

• lāñchitāḥ: marked / stamped
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; agrees with śilāḥ
• Role: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/विशेषण)
• Root: lāñch (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• punas tat → punas tat (no change in IAST)
• saṅghaṭṭanāt tu → saṅghaṭṭanāt tu
• śilāḥ cakreṇa → śilāś cakreṇa (visarga sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious (implied listener within Varāha–Bhū frame)

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Sacred geography & material theology

Subjects

Sacred GeographyHeritage SitesMaterial Culture

Core idea

Matter becomes a carrier of remembrance (smṛti) when touched by divine agency; signs (cihna) stabilize devotion across time.

In practice

Use tīrtha-darśana and sacred symbols to cultivate steady bhakti; treat the environment as sanctifiable, not disposable.

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic motif where physical markers on stones function as mnemonic ‘heritage signs’ for a tīrtha, reflecting how sacred landscapes were narrated and remembered.

Which geographic location is identified?

The wider passage situates the account in the Triveṇī-kṣetra milieu; Triveṇī commonly denotes a confluence-site, often correlated by scholars with major river confluences in North India.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes recognition and preservation of sacred markers in the landscape—an implicit instruction to treat the site and its material traces with care.