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Varaha Purana 215.62: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 62

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

अग्निष्टोमफलं तत्र स्नातमात्रः प्रपद्यते ॥ षष्टिं धेनुसहस्राणि यानि रक्षन्ति वाग्मतीम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 215.62

agniṣṭomaphalaṁ tatra snātamātraḥ prapadyate || ṣaṣṭiṁ dhenusahasrāṇi yāni rakṣanti vāgmatīm

वहाँ बस नहा लेने से अग्निष्टोम यज्ञ का फल मिल जाता है। साथ ही साठ हज़ार गायें मिलती हैं जो वाग्मती नदी की रक्षा करती हैं।

अग्निष्टोमफलम्the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमफलम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
स्नातमात्रःone who has only bathed
स्नातमात्रः:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नात (कृदन्त; √स्ना) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्नात’ (PPP) उपपदपूर्वकः; कर्तृवाचक (one who has merely bathed)
प्रपद्यतेattains / obtains
प्रपद्यते:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
षष्टिम्sixty
षष्टिम्:
विशेषण (Quantifier)
TypeNoun
Rootषष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संख्या (numeral)
धेनुसहस्राणिthousands of cows
धेनुसहस्राणि:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootधेनु + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन
यानिwhich
यानि:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
रक्षन्तिprotect
रक्षन्ति:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootरक्ष् (धातु)
Formलट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
वाग्मतीम्Vāgmatī (name of a river/region)
वाग्मतीम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवाग्मती (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Varāha (default, instructor voice in the Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa Studies
R
Ritual Culture
A
Ancient Geography

FAQs

It continues the Purāṇic pattern of equating pilgrimage bathing with high Vedic sacrificial merit (Agniṣṭoma), and introduces a protective motif (symbolic guardianship of the river).

The Vāgmatī river is explicitly named; the verse associates it with a mythic protective framework (‘sixty thousand cows’).

The passage underscores the cultural value placed on protecting and honoring river systems, expressed through symbolic guardianship and ritual merit.

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