Varaha Purana 214.25: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 25

The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat

Devanagari script

तस्य नाम्ना च तत्स्थानं दिव्यं चिरतपोभृतम् ॥ श्लेष्मातकवनं नाम पुण्यशीलशिलोच्चयम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 214.25

Transliteration

tasya nāmnā ca tat-sthānaṃ divyaṃ cira-tapo-bhṛtam || śleṣmātaka-vanaṃ nāma puṇya-śīla-śilocchayam

Translation

उस जगह का नाम उसके नाम से पड़ा, श्लेष्मातक वन। यह जगह बहुत पुण्य वाली है और वहाँ बड़े पत्थर हैं।

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• नाम्ना: by (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; used with स्थानम्

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying ‘स्थानम्’

• चिरतपोभृतम्: bearing long austerities / long-austere
• चिरतपोभृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समास: चिरं तपः भृतम् (long-penance-bearing); क्त-कृदन्त

• श्लेष्मातकवनम्: Śleṣmātaka-forest
• श्लेष्मातकवनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मातक (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: श्लेष्मातकस्य वनम्

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle ‘called’

• पुण्यशीलशिलोच्चयम्: a holy, virtuous rocky mass / hill of sacred rocks
• पुण्यशीलशिलोच्चयम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शील (प्रातिपदिक) + शिला (प्रातिपदिक) + उच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: पुण्यं शीलं यस्य (or पुण्यशीलानां) शिलानाम् उच्चयः; ‘heap/mass of rocks’ qualified as holy/virtuous

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage Landscapes

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a toponym (Śleṣmātaka-vana) and frames landscape as a repository of ascetic memory—useful for studying Purāṇic place-making.

Which geographic location is identified?

Śleṣmātaka-vana, a named sacred forest associated with a Himalayan setting (Himavat).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse links enduring disciplined practice with the sacralization of place, implying stewardship through restraint and reverence.