Varaha Purana 148.43: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 43

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पञ्चकालोषितो नरः ॥ मोदते नन्दने दिव्ये ह्यप्सरोभिः समाकुले ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 148.43

Transliteration

tatra snānaṁ prakurvīta pañcakāloṣito naraḥ || modate nandane divye hy apsarobhiḥ samākule

Translation

അവിടെ മനുഷ്യൻ സ്നാനം ചെയ്യണം; അഞ്ചു കാലം/അവധികൾ താമസിച്ച ശേഷം, അപ്സരസ്സുകളാൽ നിറഞ്ഞ ദിവ്യ നന്ദനവനത്തിൽ അവൻ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakurvīta: should perform
• prakurvīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/Optative), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• pañcakāla-uṣitaḥ: having stayed for five times/periods
• pañcakāla-uṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcakāla + uṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pañca-kālaṃ uṣitaḥ’ (one who has stayed for five periods); uṣita = kta-ppp of √vas (वस्) ‘to dwell’

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• modate: rejoices
• modate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• nandane: in Nandana (garden)
• nandane: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• divye: divine
• divye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘nandane’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/indeed

• apsarobhiḥ: by/with apsarases
• apsarobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apsaras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• samākule: crowded/full (of)
• samākule: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies ‘nandane’

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Pilgrimage Culture
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ritual Bathing

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the tīrtha-māhātmya genre: a concrete rite (snāna with a specified duration) linked to a cosmological reward (Nandana), illuminating pilgrimage economy and devotional imaginaries.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers to ‘there’ (tatra), pointing back to Pañcāruma within the kṣetra; Nandana is a cosmological (celestial) location in Purāṇic tradition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Undertake disciplined observance (staying for the prescribed period) and ritual bathing as part of the tīrtha regimen.