Varaha Purana 144.29: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 29

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

विष्णुना सह सम्मन्त्र्य स्थितावावां कलानिधे ॥ शालग्रामगिरिर्विष्णुरहं सोमेश्वराभिधः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 144.29

Transliteration

viṣṇunā saha sammantrya sthitāvāvāṁ kalānidhe || śālagrāmagirir viṣṇur ahaṁ someśvarābhidhaḥ

Translation

ഹേ കലാനിധേ (ചന്ദ്രാ)! വിഷ്ണുവിനോടൊപ്പം ആലോചിച്ച് ഞങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും ഇവിടെ നിലകൊണ്ടു. ശാലഗ്രാമഗിരി വിഷ്ണുവാണ്; ഞാൻ ‘സോമേശ്വരൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: सहकर्ता/करण (Co-agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: सम्बन्ध (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारक-अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• सम्मन्त्र्य: having consulted
• सम्मन्त्र्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• स्थितौ: (we) two remained/stood
• स्थितौ: क्रिया-विशेषण/विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; (we two) stood/remained

• आवाम्: we two
• आवाम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन

• कलानिधे: O moon (treasury of digits)
• कलानिधे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलानिधि (प्रातिपदिक: कला + निधि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शालग्रामगिरिः: Śālagrāma mountain
• शालग्रामगिरिः: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: (is) Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: समानााधिकरण-विधेय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सोमेश्वर-अभिधः: named Someśvara
• सोमेश्वर-अभिधः: समानााधिकरण-विधेय (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सोमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक: सोम + ईश्वर) + अभिध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of अहम्)

Speaker

Devadeva (contextual)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Sacred Mountains
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava Syncretism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic toponymic theology, where mountains and shrines are mapped to divine identities—important for reconstructing heritage landscapes in textual history.

Which geographic location is identified?

Śāligrāma-giri is explicitly named; in later tradition it is associated with sacred stone (śālagrāma) networks, though precise modern identification varies by scholarly mapping.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implies cooperative governance and shared sacred space, presenting deliberation and concord as valued principles.