Varaha Purana 178.5: Adhyaya 178, Shloka 5

Ritual Observance for Reciting the Deeds of Śatrughna

Remembrance of the Slaying of Lavaṇa

Uttara Bhāga · Śatrughna’s celebration and Mathurā campaign (sacred-epic geography)

Devanagari script

महोत्सवं च कर्तुं स शत्रुघ्नस्य महात्मनः ॥ सीतामाग्रहणीं प्राप्य मथुरां लवणान्तकः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 178.5

Transliteration

mahotsavaṁ ca kartuṁ sa śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ || sītāmāgrahaṇīṁ prāpya mathurāṁ lavaṇāntakaḥ ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ແລະທ່ານໄດ້ອອກເດີນທາງເພື່ອຈັດມະໂຫດສະວະ ຄືງານສະເຫຼີມສະຫຼອງອັນໃຫຍ່ ແກ່ຊະຕຣຸຄນະຜູ້ມີມະຫາອາດຕະມັນ ເມື່ອໄດ້ເຖິງສີຕາມາຄຣະຫະນີ ແລ້ວ ຜູ້ປາບລະວະນະກໍໄດ້ໄປຕໍ່ຫາມະຖຸຣາ

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Word by Word

• mahotsavam: a great festival
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘great festival’
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• kartum: to perform
• Type: Verb
• Form: Tumun infinitive (तुमुन्), ‘to do/to perform’
• Role: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Root: kṛ (धातु)

• saḥ: he
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• śatrughnasya: of Śatrughna
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: śatrughna (प्रातिपदिक)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठī), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya ‘great-souled’; epithet of Śatrughna
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)

• sītām: Sītā
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; karma with prāpya (having reached)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)

• āgrahaṇīm: Āgrahaṇī (name/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितīyā), Ekavacana; appositional to sītām (as a designation)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: āgrahaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)

• prāpya: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), ‘having reached/after reaching’
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)

• mathurām: Mathurā
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana; destination as karma with motion verb implied
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: mathurā (प्रातिपदिक)

• lavaṇa-antakaḥ: the slayer of Lavaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (m.), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘ender/slayer of Lavaṇa’; epithet (of Śatrughna)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• mahotsavam = mahā + utsavam
• sītāmāgrahaṇīm = sītām + āgrahaṇīm. lavaṇāntakaḥ = lavaṇa-antakaḥ

Speaker and setting

Vira and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesHistorical narrative

Tags

• Mathurā
• Processional/Festival Culture
• Purāṇic Toponymy
• Rāmāyaṇa-linked Cycles

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves toponymic memory (Sītāmāgrahaṇī, Mathurā) within an epic-linked itinerary, useful for mapping Purāṇic narrative geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā (modern Mathura, Uttar Pradesh) and Sītāmāgrahaṇī (a toponym requiring cross-textual comparison for confident modern identification).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Public celebration (mahotsava) is framed as a social act honoring merit and leadership, reinforcing communal cohesion through commemorative ritual.