Varaha Purana 144.39: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 39

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

Devanagari script

गण्डक्यपि पुरा दृष्ट्वा शंखचक्रगदाधरम् ॥ दण्डवत्प्रणता भूत्वा ततः स्तोतुं प्रचक्रमे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.39

Transliteration

gaṇḍaky api purā dṛṣṭvā śaṅkhacakragadādharam || daṇḍavatpraṇatā bhūtvā tataḥ stotuṁ pracakrame ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഗണ്ഡകി ശംഖ-ചക്ര-ഗദാധാരിയായ ഭഗവാനെ കണ്ടു ദണ്ഡവത് പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത്, തുടർന്ന് അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സ്തുതിക്കാൻ തുടങ്ങി.

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Word by Word

• गण्डक्या: by Gaṇḍakī
• गण्डक्या: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of time: formerly)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-धरम्: the bearer of conch, discus, and mace (Viṣṇu)
• शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-धरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (शङ्खं चक्रं गदां च धरति इति)

• दण्डवत्: prostrate (like a staff)
• दण्डवत्: Prakara (प्रकारः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दण्डवत् (अव्यय/उपमान)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: like a staff; prostrate)

• प्रणता: bowed down
• प्रणता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) ‘bowed down’

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √भू (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• स्तोतुम्: to praise
• स्तोतुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजनम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभावः; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• प्रचक्रमे: began/undertook
• प्रचक्रमे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrative voice (default: Varāha framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Iconography
• Ritual Gesture Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents standardized Vaiṣṇava iconographic identifiers and a classical bodily ritual (full prostration), useful for connecting text, art history, and practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit toponym appears; the verse is part of the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative cycle associated with riverine sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Respectful approach—expressed through humility and praise—is framed as the proper ethical posture in a dialogue with a higher moral authority.