Varaha Purana 143.3: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 3

Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove

Devanagari script

तत्र त्रेतायुगॆ भूमे रामो नाम महाद्युतिः ॥ भविष्यति न सन्देहः स च मां स्थापयिष्यति

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 143.3

Transliteration

tatra tretāyuge bhūme rāmo nāma mahādyutiḥ || bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ sa ca māṃ sthāpayiṣyati

Translation

ഹേ ഭൂമീ! അവിടെ ത്രേതായുഗത്തിൽ ‘രാമ’ എന്ന മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ളവൻ നിശ്ചയമായി അവതരിക്കും—സംശയമില്ല—അവൻ അവിടെ എന്നെ സ്ഥാപിക്കും।

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय; adverb of place

• त्रेतायुगे: in the Tretā age
• त्रेतायुगे: अधिकरण (काले/Time-locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रेता-युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; समासः: त्रेतायाः युगम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भूमे: on the earth
• भूमे: अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• रामः: Rāma
• रामः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• नाम: by name
• नाम: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध (नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देशक अव्यय; indeclinable meaning “by name”

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendor
• महाद्युतिः: विशेषण (of रामः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महā-द्युति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular; समासः: महती द्युतिः यस्य (कर्मधारय)

• भविष्यति: will be / will arise
• भविष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular

• न: not/no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय; negation particle

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: कर्ता (of implied अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (elliptic: ‘there is no doubt’)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun, Nominative singular

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• स्थापयिष्यति: will establish/place
• स्थापयिष्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: णिजन्त (प्रयोजक/causative), लृट्-लकार (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇava Traditions
• Cultural Memory

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic ‘mythic historicization,’ where sacred sites are anchored to yuga-based narrative time and linked to widely known cultural figures such as Rāma.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers back to Mandāra (previously located near Jāhnavī and the Vindhyas) as the setting for a Tretāyuga episode.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct injunction, it legitimizes a site through narrative memory, a mechanism by which communities preserve and transmit heritage landscapes.