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Varaha Purana 98.11: Adhyaya 98, Shloka 11

Chapter on the Sacred Hill Episode: Satyatapā and the Marvel of Varāha

पृष्टाः किञ्चिदिहास्चार्यमपूर्वं कथ्यतामिति ॥ तत्र रुद्रसरस्तीरे यदेतन्मिथुनं शुभम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 98.11

pṛṣṭāḥ kiñcid ihāścaryam apūrvaṃ kathyatām iti || tatra rudrasaras-tīre yad etan mithunaṃ śubham ||

लोगों ने पूछा कि कुछ नया और अजब बात बताएं। उन्होंने कहा कि रुद्र-सरस के किनारे एक अच्छा जोड़ा है।

पृष्टाः(they) having been asked
पृष्टाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootपृच्छ् (धातु) → पृष्ट (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; passive sense: 'having been asked'
किञ्चित्something
किञ्चित्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाणवाचक सर्वनाम
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)
आश्चर्यम्a wonder
आश्चर्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अपूर्वम्unprecedented
अपूर्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies आश्चर्यम्)
कथ्यताम्let (it) be told
कथ्यताम्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'let it be told'
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
रुद्रसरः-तीरेon the bank of Rudra-lake
रुद्रसरः-तीरे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्रसरस् (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'of Rudra-lake' + 'bank'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (तीर), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)
मिथुनम्pair/couple
मिथुनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
शुभम्auspicious
शुभम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies मिथुनम्)

Unspecified (narrative dialogue; default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
A
Ancient Geography
E
Ecological Ethics

FAQs

It introduces a localized marvel narrative, a common Purāṇic device used to anchor cultural memory in specific landscapes and water bodies.

Rudra-saras (“Rudra’s lake”) is named; the verse frames it as a sacralized water-site, though a secure modern identification is not provided within this fragment.

Implicitly, the verse models attentive listening and careful narration about places marked as culturally significant, supporting a preservation-oriented attitude toward sacred geography.

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