Varaha Purana 215.106: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 106

Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest

Devanagari script

वरिष्ठं क्षेत्रमेतस्मान्नान्यदेव हि विद्यते ॥ तस्मिन् श्लेष्मातकवने पुण्ये त्रिदशसेविते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 215.106

Transliteration

variṣṭhaṃ kṣetram etasmān nānyad eva hi vidyate || tasmin śleṣmātaka-vane puṇye tridaśa-sevite

Translation

इस स्थान से बड़ा कोई और जगह नहीं है। यह श्लेष्मतक का वन है, बहुत पुण्य वाली जगह। देवता लोग यहाँ आते रहते हैं।

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Word by Word

• वरिष्ठम्: best
• वरिष्ठम्: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; वर-तमेप्/इष्ठ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; superlative adjective qualifying क्षेत्रम्

• क्षेत्रम्: sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एतस्मात्: than this / from this
• एतस्मात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: एतद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; Ablative singular

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• अन्यत्: another (place)
• अन्यत्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एव: indeed
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: हेतु/निश्चय (Reason/Assertion)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (particle: for/indeed)

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• विद्यते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; विद्=to be found, exist)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मिन् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular

• श्लेष्मातकवने: in the Śleṣmātaka grove
• श्लेष्मातकवने: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्लेष्मातक + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; Locative singular; 'in the Śleṣmātaka-grove'

• पुण्ये: holy
• पुण्ये: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; agreeing with वने

• त्रिदशसेविते: frequented by the gods
• त्रिदशसेविते: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिदश + सेवित (प्रातिपदिक; सेव् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; agreeing with वने; 'served/visited by the thirty (gods)'

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is evidence for Purāṇic “sacred landscape” rhetoric, where forests/groves are canonized as heritage zones and ranked among kṣetras.

Which geographic location is identified?

A Śleṣmātaka-grove (śleṣmātaka-vana) is named; the exact modern identification is uncertain without additional contextual verses and regional tradition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse elevates a grove as a valued sacred precinct, aligning cultural practice with the preservation and veneration of specific natural sites.