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Varaha Purana 145.9: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 9

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

मत्तेजसा ताडिताक्षः शनैरुन्मील्य लोचने ॥ यावत्पश्यति मां तत्र स्तुवन्स तपसान्वितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.9

mat-tejasā tāḍitākṣaḥ śanair unmīlya locane || yāvat paśyati māṃ tatra stuvan sa tapasānvitaḥ ||

मेरे चमक से उसकी आँखें चमक गई थी। धीरे-धीरे उसने आँखें खोली। जब तक वो मुझे देखता रहा, वो मेरी प्रशंसा करता रहा। उसमें बहुत तपस्या की ताकत थी।

मत्my
मत्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive within compound)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; समासे पूर्वपद (mat-)
तेजसाby (my) radiance
तेजसा:
करण (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मत् + तेजस्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
ताडिताक्षःwhose eyes were struck (dazzled)
ताडिताक्षः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootताडित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि/अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘यस्य अक्षी ताडिते’
शनैःslowly
शनैः:
विशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशनैः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: slowly)
उन्मील्यhaving opened
उन्मील्य:
पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + मील् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having opened’
लोचने(his) two eyes
लोचने:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootलोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), द्विवचन; ‘two eyes’
यावत्until/as long as
यावत्:
सम्बन्ध (Clause linker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधिवाचक (until/as long as)
पश्यतिsees
पश्यति:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
माम्me
माम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
स्तुवन्praising
स्तुवन्:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
तपसाwith austerity
तपसा:
सह/हेतु (Association/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
अन्वितःendowed (with)
अन्वितः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘युक्तः/समन्वितः’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
P
Philosophical Motifs
S
Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

It presents a classic literary trope: extraordinary radiance affects perception, dramatizing the boundary between ordinary sight and heightened encounter.

No additional location is named; the verse continues the scene at the same sacred spot in Śālagrāma-kṣetra.

It underscores patience and steadiness—slowly adjusting perception and sustaining disciplined attention.

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