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Varaha Purana 213.29: Adhyaya 213, Shloka 29

The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons

ऊर्ध्वबाहुर्निरालम्बस्तोया-अनिलहुताशनैः ।। व्रतैश्च विविधैरुग्रैस्तपोभिर्नियमैस्तथा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 213.29

ūrdhvabāhur nirālambas toyā’nilahutāśanaiḥ || vrataiś ca vividhair ugrais tapobhir niyamais tathā

उसने हाथ ऊपर किए हुए खड़ा रहना शुरू किया, किसी चीज़ का सहारा नहीं लिया। पानी, हवा और आग सब सहा। उसने कई कठिन व्रत रखे और अपने आप को कष्ट दिया।

ऊर्ध्वबाहुः(with) arms raised upward
ऊर्ध्वबाहुः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्ध्व-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; ऊर्ध्व + बाहु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘ऊर्ध्वौ बाहू यस्य’ (विशेषणवत्)
निरालम्बःwithout support
निरालम्बः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्-आलम्ब (प्रातिपदिक; निर् + आलम्ब)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
तोयाwaters
तोया:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतोय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (पाठभेदे ‘तोयैः’ अपेक्षितम्; अत्र ‘तोया’ इति बहुवचन-प्रथमा)
अनिलwind
अनिल:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootअनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समासाङ्ग)
हुताशनैःwith fires
हुताशनैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootहुताशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
व्रतैःwith vows
व्रतैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
विविधैःvarious
विविधैः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootविविध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
उग्रैःfierce/harsh
उग्रैः:
विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्
तपोभिःwith austerities
तपोभिः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
नियमैःwith disciplines/restraints
नियमैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनियम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
तथाthus/also
तथा:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

Varāha (default narrative frame)

C
Classical Literature
A
Ascetic Traditions
P
Purāṇic Ethics
R
Ritual Discipline

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It catalogues ascetic techniques in a compressed formula, offering evidence for how Purāṇas systematize bodily discipline (vrata/tapas/niyama) as a cultural practice.

No explicit toponym appears; the verse continues the ascetic description rather than naming a site.

It emphasizes self-restraint and disciplined observance as methods of moral cultivation.

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