Varaha Purana 144.56: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 56

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

Devanagari script

शालग्रामशिलारूपी तव गर्भगतः सदा॥ स्थास्यामि तव पुत्रत्वे भक्तानुग्रहकारणात्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.56

Transliteration

śālagrāmaśilārūpī tava garbhagataḥ sadā || sthāsyāmi tava putratve bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt ||

Translation

मैं शालग्राम पत्थर की शकल में रहूँगा। हमेशा तुम्हारे अंदर रहूँगा। मैं तुम्हारा बेटा बन के रहूँगा। क्योंकि मेरे भक्तों पे दया करनी है।

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Word by Word

• शालग्राम-शिला-रूपी: having the form of a Śālagrāma stone
• शालग्राम-शिला-रूपी: Karta (कर्ता/ predicate of implied अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः (शालग्रामशिलायाः रूपी = having the form of a Śālagrāma stone)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; genitive pronoun

• गर्भ-गतः: entered (your) womb
• गर्भ-गतः: Karta (कर्ता/ predicate of implied अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past participle) from √गम्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गर्भे गतः = gone into the womb

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्/ time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; time adverb (कालवाचक)

• स्थास्यामि: I shall remain/dwell
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रत्वे: in (the state of) sonship
• पुत्रत्वे: Adhikarana (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; state/condition locative (in the status of son)

• भक्त-अनुग्रह-कारणात्: because of (being) the cause of devotees’ grace
• भक्त-अनुग्रह-कारणात्: Apadana (अपादानम्/ cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ अपादानम् (because of the cause of favoring devotees)

Speaker

Varāha (Viṣṇu as instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Iconography
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects an important strand of Purāṇic material culture: the sacralization of naturally occurring stones (Śālagrāma) and their embedding in pilgrimage and household practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

Implicitly the Gaṇḍakī river region, widely linked with Śālagrāma occurrence in later Sanskrit and regional traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Devotional accessibility: the verse presents a form (stone) intended to enable ethical-religious practice such as remembrance, veneration, and disciplined conduct.