Varaha Purana 176.19: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 19

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

Devanagari script

कालिञ्जरस्य संस्पर्शाच्छुद्धं देहं च दृश्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.19

Transliteration

kāliñjarasya saṃsparśācchuddhaṃ dehaṃ ca dṛśyate

Translation

कालिंजर के पास आने से शरीर साफ हो जाता है।

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Word by Word

• कालिञ्जरस्य: of Kāliñjara
• कालिञ्जरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालिञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• संस्पर्शात्: from contact
• संस्पर्शात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• शुद्धम्: pure
• शुद्धम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with देहम्

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense): 'is seen/appears'

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha → Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Tīrtha-māhātmya
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies tīrtha-māhātmya rhetoric—associating a named landscape with purification—important for understanding how sacred sites were textualized and promoted in Purāṇic corpora.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kāliñjara, widely correlated in scholarship with the Kālinjar region (noted historically for its hill-fort and associated sacred landscape).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys a practice-oriented principle: proximity/contact with a culturally valued sacred landscape is presented as conducive to purification.