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Varaha Purana 160.63: Adhyaya 160, Shloka 63

The Prescribed Emergence and Procedure of the Mathurā Circumambulation

Parikramā

स्वनाम्ना चिह्नितं स्थाप्य तदा यात्राफलं लभेत् ॥ कर्कोटकं तथा नागं महादुष्टनिवारणम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 160.63

svanāmnā cihnitaṁ sthāpya tadā yātrāphalaṁ labhet || karkoṭakaṁ tathā nāgaṁ mahāduṣṭanivāraṇam ||

अपना नाम लिख के वहाँ स्थापना करो। फिर तुम्हे यात्रा का फल मिलता है। वहाँ कर्कोटक नाम का नाग है। यह बड़े बुराई को दूर करता है।

स्वनाम्नाwith one’s own name
स्वनाम्ना:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व-नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; समासः—स्वं नाम यस्य तत् (कर्मधारय)
चिह्नितम्marked/inscribed
चिह्नितम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootचिह्नित (कृदन्त; √चिह्न्/चिह्नय् धातु)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘marked/inscribed’
स्थाप्यhaving installed
स्थाप्य:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having placed/installed’
तदाthen
तदा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
यात्राफलम्fruit/result of the journey
यात्राफलम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयात्रा-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—यात्रायाः फलम्
लभेत्may obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√लभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
कर्कोटकम्Karkoṭaka (a serpent name)
कर्कोटकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्कोटक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तथाalso/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (also/likewise)
नागम्serpent
नागम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
महादुष्टनिवारणम्removal of great evil/wickedness
महादुष्टनिवारणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-दुष्ट-निवारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—(महान् च दुष्टः) तस्य निवारणम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; अन्तर्गत-कर्मधारय)

Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)

E
Epigraphic Practice (Name Marking)
P
Protective Deities and Nāga Traditions
P
Pilgrimage Merit (Phala)

FAQs

It suggests practices akin to votive installation and name-marking, relevant to the history of popular religiosity and informal epigraphy at pilgrimage sites.

No new place-name is specified; the mention of Karkoṭaka indicates a localized protective presence within the same sacred route.

The text links ritual completion with tangible acts (installation/marking) and frames protective figures as part of safeguarding pilgrims and sacred space.

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