Varaha Purana 79.7: Adhyaya 79, Shloka 7

Description of the Inner Basins (Droṇīs): Śrīsaras, Śrīvana, Bilva Forest, and Tāla Grove

Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography and Tīrtha-Description (Māhātmya Context)

Devanagari script

चारुकेसरजालाढ्यं मत्तभ्रमरनादितम् । तस्मिन्मध्ये भगवती साक्षात् श्रीर्नित्यमेव हि । लक्ष्मीस्तु तं तदावासं मूर्त्तिमन्तं न संशयः ॥ ७९.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 79.7

Transliteration

cārukeśarajālāḍhyaṃ mattabhramaranāditam | tasmin madhye bhagavatī sākṣāt śrīr nityam eva hi | lakṣmīs tu taṃ tadāvāsaṃ mūrttimantaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 79.7 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

उस ताल के बीच-में एक कमल है। उसके डालों का जाल बड़ा सुंदर है। मधुमक्खियाँ नाचें हैं और गूँज रही हैं। उस कमल के अंदर लक्ष्मी खुद रहती हैं। वो वहाँ हमेशा से हैं। यह बात में शक नहीं है।

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Word by Word

• cāru-keśara-jāla-āḍhyam: rich with a beautiful net of stamens
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा) / Dvitīyā (द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); samāsa: cāru-keśara-jāla = 'beautiful-stamen network' (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-समासार्थ), āḍhya = 'endowed with'
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + keśara (प्रातिपदिक) + jāla (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)

• matta-bhramara-nāditam: resounding with intoxicated bees
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; past passive participle (कृत-प्रत्यय: क्त) 'nādita' = 'made to resound'; samāsa: matta-bhramara = 'intoxicated bees'
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: matta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhramara (प्रातिपदिक) + nādita (नादित, कृदन्त from √nad (नद्) caus./denom.)

• tasmin: in that (place)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Saptamī (सप्तमी), Ekavacana; Masculine/Neuter locative form
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• madhye: in the middle
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (सप्तमी), Ekavacana; locative 'in the middle'
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: madhya (मध्य, प्रातिपदिक)

• bhagavatī: the Goddess
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा), Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: bhagavatī (भगवती, प्रातिपदिक)

• sākṣāt: directly / manifestly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: sākṣāt (साक्षात्)

• śrīḥ: Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: śrī (श्री, प्रातिपदिक)

• nityam: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya-kṛta (अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत्), adverbial accusative (द्वितीया-एकवचनं क्रियाविशेषणार्थे)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: nitya (नित्य, प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)

• eva: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात) of emphasis
• Role: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Root: eva (एव)

• hi: for / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, particle (निपात)
• Role: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Root: hi (हि)

• lakṣmīḥ: Lakṣmī
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: lakṣmī (लक्ष्मी, प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction/particle (निपात) indicating contrast
• Role: Sambandha (निपात)
• Root: tu (तु)

• tam: that (it)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Sarvanāma, Dvitīyā (द्वितीया), Ekavacana; Masculine/Neuter accusative
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: tad (तद्, सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• tad-āvāsam: its abode
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; samāsa: tat-āvāsa = 'its abode' (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: tad (तद्) + āvāsa (आवास, प्रातिपदिक)

• mūrti-mantam: embodied / having a form
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; possessive adjective (मतुप्/मन्त) 'having form'
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: mūrti (मूर्ति, प्रातिपदिक) + mant (मन्त्, तद्धित-प्रत्यय forming possessive adjective)

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle (निषेध-निपात)
• Role: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Root: na (न)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता) / Bhāva (भाव) in idiom 'na saṃśayaḥ'
• Root: saṃśaya (संशय, प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• tasmin madhye (no sandhi change)
• śrīr = śrīḥ (visarga sandhi before n-)
• lakṣmīs = lakṣmīḥ (visarga sandhi before t-)
• tac chrīvanam = tat + śrīvanam (t + ś -> cch in next verse context not here)

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of presence (sākṣātkāra)

Subjects

Sacred GeographyCultural Heritage SitesTemple/Floral IconographyPilgrimage Literature

Core idea

Divinity is not only inferred but ‘sākṣāt’—directly present—where auspiciousness, harmony, and life-resonance (bee-hum, floral fertility) converge.

In practice

Practice śrī-upāsanā through tīrtha-sevā: cleanliness, offerings of flowers, and gratitude; cultivate inner ‘śrī’ (gentleness, order, generosity) as the mark of Lakṣmī’s abode.

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Sanskrit Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Tīrtha-Māhātmya

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic tīrtha-style description where landscape aesthetics (flowers, bees, fragrance) are used to mark a site as culturally significant and ritually valued, reflecting how sacred geography was narrated and remembered in premodern Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit toponym appears in this single verse; it describes a sanctified locus (a ‘dwelling’ of Śrī/Lakṣmī) within a larger site likely named in surrounding verses of Adhyāya 79.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse promotes reverent care toward culturally valued places by portraying the environment (flora and pollinators) as integral to a heritage landscape associated with prosperity (Śrī), encouraging preservation rather than exploitation.