Varaha Purana 144.16: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

सोमेन तत्र संस्थाप्य स्वनाम्ना लिङ्गमुत्तमम् ॥ वर्षाणां तु सहस्रं वै स्वशापस्य निवृत्तये

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.16

Transliteration

somena tatra saṃsthāpya svanāmnā liṅgamuttamam || varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasraṃ vai svaśāpasya nivṛttaye

Translation

सोम ने वहाँ अपने नाम का एक लिंग बनाया। वो एक हज़ार साल तक वहाँ रहा ताकि उसका शाप खत्म हो जाए।

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Word by Word

• सोमेन: by Soma
• सोमेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• संस्थाप्य: having स्थापित/installed
• संस्थाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having established’

• स्वनाम्ना: by his own name
• स्वनाम्ना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + नामन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga (emblem)
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (कर्म/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वर्षाणाम्: of years
• वर्षाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• सहस्रम्: a thousand
• सहस्रम्: Kāla-parimāṇa (कालपरिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

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

• स्वशापस्य: of his own curse
• स्वशापस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-शाप (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + शाप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• निवृत्तये: for cessation/removal
• निवृत्तये: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default for this excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Śaiva Traditions
• Temple Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a common Purāṇic pattern: a named deity or figure establishes a shrine (liṅga) tied to aetiology (origin-story), legitimizing a pilgrimage site and its ritual timeline.

Which geographic location is identified?

A Somēśvara-associated site (“there” = the previously mentioned mountain/area). The precise modern identification is not determinable from this excerpt alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames disciplined, long-term practice (a thousand-year observance) as a means of moral-spiritual restoration (ending the effects of a curse).