Varaha Purana 145.38: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 38

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

Devanagari script

चक्राङ्कितशिलास्तत्र दृश्यन्ते च इतस्ततः ॥ चक्राङ्कितशिला यत्र वरवर्णिनि तिष्ठति ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.38

Transliteration

cakrāṅkitaśilāstatra dṛśyante ca itastataḥ || cakrāṅkitaśilā yatra varavarṇini tiṣṭhati ||

Translation

वहाँ चक्र वाली पत्थर इधर-उधर दिखती हैं। गोरी, जहाँ वो चक्र वाली पत्थर खड़ी है, वही जगह है।

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Word by Word

• चक्राङ्कितशिलाः: disc-marked stones
• चक्राङ्कितशिलाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + अङ्कित + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समासः—चक्रेण अङ्किताः शिलाः / चक्राङ्किताः शिलाः (कर्मधारय)

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

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘are seen’

• च: and
• च: Discourse connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• इतस्: from here / on this side
• इतस्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb)

• ततः: from there / on that side
• ततः: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/अपादानार्थक (ablatival adverb)

• चक्राङ्कितशिला: a disc-marked stone
• चक्राङ्कितशिला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र + अङ्कित + शिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—चक्राङ्किता शिला (कर्मधारय)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative locative adverb)

• वरवर्णिनि: O fair-complexioned lady
• वरवर्णिनि: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरवर्णिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—वरा वर्णा यस्याः सा (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-प्रायः; here used as name/vocative-like address but form is locative); संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (addressing ‘O fair-complexioned one’)

• तिष्ठति: stands / remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography
• Material Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a rare material-culture cue—marked stones—showing how sacred geography could be anchored to visible landscape features.

Which geographic location is identified?

A locus within the kṣetra is defined by the presence/standing of a cakra-marked stone, functioning as a site-marker.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It implicitly promotes attentive observation and respectful recognition of cultural markers within the landscape.