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Varaha Purana 148.38: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 38

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

ब्रुवन्ति केचित्कांस्येति आयसीत्यपरेऽब्रुवन् ॥ पाषाणीत्यपरे केचिदन्ये वज्रमयीति च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.38

bruvanti kecit kāṁsyeti āyasīty apare 'bruvan || pāṣāṇīty apare kecid anye vajramayīti ca

कुछ लोग कहते हैं यह कांसी की है। दूसरे बोलते हैं लोहे की है। कुछ कहते हैं पत्थर की है। और कुछ बोलते हैं वज्र से बनी है।

ब्रुवन्तिsay
ब्रुवन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (ब्रू)
FormLaṭ (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim + cit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndefinite pronoun (अनिश्चित सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
कांस्यbronze/bell-metal
कांस्य:
Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṁsya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (as quoted predicate)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
आयसीiron (made)
आयसी:
Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
TypeAdjective
Rootāyasī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (as quoted predicate)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
अपरेothers
अपरे:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
अब्रुवन्said
अब्रुवन्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√brū (ब्रू)
FormLuṅ (लुङ्, Aorist/Imperfect-aorist), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
पाषाणीstone (made)
पाषाणी:
Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
TypeAdjective
Rootpāṣāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (as quoted predicate)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
अपरेothers
अपरे:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootapara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
केचित्some
केचित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkim + cit (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndefinite pronoun (अनिश्चित सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)
वज्र-मयीmade of diamond/adamant
वज्र-मयी:
Karma (कर्म/quoted content)
TypeAdjective
Rootvajra (प्रातिपदिक) + mayī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (मयट्-प्रत्ययार्थ: vajrasya mayī), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (as quoted predicate)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

Varāha (default instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
I
Iconography
T
Textual Variants (reported opinions)

FAQs

It documents multiple community reports about a cult-object’s composition, indicating how sacred-site traditions can preserve layered or competing descriptions over time.

The location is implied from the preceding verse (Bhūta-giri), but not restated explicitly here.

No direct ethical injunction is given; the focus is descriptive and ethnographic (reporting what people say).

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