Varaha Purana 144.30: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

तयोः पर्वतयोऱ्या वै शिला विष्णुशिवाभिधा ॥ रेवया च कृतं पूर्वं तपः शिवसुतुष्टिदम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.30

Transliteration

tayoḥ parvatayor yā vai śilā viṣṇuśivābhidhā || revayā ca kṛtaṁ pūrvaṁ tapaḥ śivasutuṣṭidam

Translation

उन दोनों पहाड़ियों में एक पत्थर है जिसका नाम विष्णु-शिव है। पहले रेवा ने वहाँ तपस्या की थी। यह तपस्या शिव को बहुत पसंद आयी थी।

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Word by Word

• tayoḥ: of those two
• tayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (pronoun), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• parvatayoḥ: of (the two) mountains
• parvatayoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• yā: which
• yā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun, Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle/emphasis (निपात)

• śilā: rock, stone slab
• śilā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• viṣṇuśivābhidhā: named ‘Viṣṇu-Śiva’
• viṣṇuśivābhidhā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of śilā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣṇu + śiva + abhidhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: “viṣṇu-śiva” (name) + “abhidhā” (called)

• revayā: by Revā
• revayā: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• kṛtam: done, performed
• kṛtam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative Singular (प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन); agrees with tapaḥ

• pūrvam: formerly, earlier
• pūrvam: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषण-रूपेण)

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of kṛtam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• śivasutuṣṭidam: giving great satisfaction to Śiva
• śivasutuṣṭidam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of tapaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva + su-tuṣṭi + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: “śivasya su-tuṣṭiḥ” (Shiva’s great satisfaction) + “da” (giving)

Speaker

Devadeva (contextual)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Riverine Heritage
• Purāṇic Ascetic Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named sacred object (a stone) and a river figure (Revā) to the sacralization of landscape, a key mechanism in Purāṇic heritage narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

Revā is named (commonly identified with the Narmadā river in scholarship); two mountains are referenced in context (including Śāligrāma-giri in the prior verse).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Discipline and sustained practice (tapas) are portrayed as shaping and sanctifying cultural landscapes.