Varaha Purana 215.37: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

तत्र नागह्रदे घोरे स्थास्याम्यन्तर्जले ह्यहम् ॥ त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि सर्वभूतहिते रतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 215.37

Transliteration

tatra nāgahrade ghore sthāsyāmy antarjale hy aham | triṁśadvarṣasahasrāṇi sarvabhūtahite rataḥ ||

Translation

वहाँ नागों के डरावने तालाब में, मैं पानी के अंदर रहूंगा। तीस हज़ार साल तक। सबकी भलाई के लिए।

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• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• नागह्रदे: in the serpent-lake
• नागह्रदे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग-ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—नागानां ह्रदः (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'serpent-lake')

• घोरे: terrible
• घोरे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of ह्रदे)

• स्थास्यामि: I will stay / stand
• स्थास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अन्तर्जले: within the water
• अन्तर्जले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्-जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—जलस्य अन्तरम् (tatpuruṣa: 'inside the water')

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थ (indeed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि: for thirty thousand years
• त्रिंशद्वर्षसहस्राणि: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण) / Karma (कर्म) (duration accusative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्-वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः—त्रिंशद्वर्षाणां सहस्राणि (thirty-year thousands; i.e., thousands of years of thirty-year units)

• सर्वभूतहिते: for the welfare of all beings
• सर्वभूतहिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण) (sphere/aim: 'in/for the welfare')
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-भूत-हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेषां भूतानां हितम् (genitive tatpuruṣa: 'welfare of all beings')

• रतः: devoted / engaged
• रतः: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate adjective of अहम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम (धातु) + क्त (past participle) रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कृदन्त (क्त) 'engaged/devoted'

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a mythic-sacred framing of lakes as inhabited/guarded spaces, reflecting older cultural attitudes toward water-body protection and taboo.

Which geographic location is identified?

A ‘Nāgahrada’ (nāga-lake) in the broader Himavat/Nepāla setting; pinpointing requires additional textual context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Commitment to ‘the welfare of all beings’ (sarvabhūtahita) presents a universalized moral frame compatible with environmental stewardship.