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Varaha Purana 145.39: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 39

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

तदेतद्विद्धि वसुधे समन्ताद्योजनत्रयम् ॥ तत्र स्नानं तु कुर्वीत त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 145.39

tadetadviddhi vasudhe samantādyojanatrayam || tatra snānaṃ tu kurvīta trirātropoṣito naraḥ ||

知れ、大地よ。これは四方に三ヨージャナずつ広がる。人は三夜の斎戒ののち、そこで沐浴すべきである。

तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्म (of viddhi)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्म (appositional with तत्)
विद्धिknow
विद्धि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन
वसुधेO Earth (goddess)
वसुधे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; सम्बोधन
समन्तात्on all sides
समन्तात्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्तात् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परितः/सर्वतः-अर्थक (adverb ‘on all sides’)
योजनत्रयम्three yojanas (in extent)
योजनत्रयम्:
Karma/Measure (परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—त्रीणि योजनानि (measure: three yojanas)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म
तुindeed
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
कुर्वीतshould do
कुर्वीत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
त्रिरात्रोपोषितःhaving fasted for three nights
त्रिरात्रोपोषितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रिरात्र + उपोषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) उपोषित ‘having fasted’; समासः—त्रिरात्रम् उपोषितः (accusative-tatpurusha)
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्ता

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Pilgrimage Literature
A
Ancient Geography
E
Ethics

FAQs

It combines cartographic quantification (yojana) with ritual regimen (trirātra fast), illustrating how Purāṇic texts structure both space and practice.

The verse defines the spatial extent of the kṣetra as three yojanas in all directions, functioning as a boundary description.

Self-restraint through fasting is presented as preparatory discipline for engaging a sacred site.

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