Varaha Purana 148.45: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

भृगुकुण्डेति विख्यातमत्र गुह्यं परं मम ॥ मम दक्षिणपार्श्वे तु अदूरादर्धयोजनात् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.45

Transliteration

bhṛgukuṇḍeti vikhyātam atra guhyaṁ paraṁ mama || mama dakṣiṇapārśve tu adūrād ardhayojanāt ||

Translation

ഇവിടെ ‘ഭൃഗുകുണ്ഡം’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധമായ എന്റെ പരമഗുഹ്യ തീർത്ഥം ഉണ്ട്; അത് എന്റെ ദക്ഷിണപാർശ്വത്ത്, അധികം ദൂരമല്ലാതെ, അർധയോജന അകലെയുണ്ട്।

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Word by Word

• bhṛgu-kuṇḍa: Bhṛgu’s pond (Bhṛgukuṇḍa)
• bhṛgu-kuṇḍa: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भृगोर् कुण्डम्)

• iti: thus / called
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-प्रयोग)

• vikhyātam: well-known
• vikhyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-khyā (धातु) → vikhyāta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with bhṛgukuṇḍa

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• guhyam: secret
• guhyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate/qualifier

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agrees with (bhṛgukuṇḍa) / vikhyātam

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• mama: of me / my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; pronoun

• dakṣiṇa-pārśve: on the right side
• dakṣiṇa-pārśve: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pārśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense ‘right side’

• tu: but / indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• adūrāt: from nearby / not far away
• adūrāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a-dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablatival adverb (तसिल्-अर्थ), ‘from not far’

• ardha-yojanāt: from (a distance of) half a yojana
• ardha-yojanāt: Apādāna (अपादान/Distance-from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; measure-expression ‘from half a yojana’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a micro-topography of a tīrtha landscape by naming a specific kuṇḍa and giving a relative distance, a common Purāṇic method for encoding pilgrimage geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Bhṛgu-kuṇḍa is identified as a named water-site situated ‘south’ of the narrator’s kṣetra; precise modern identification is uncertain without corroborating regional toponymy and manuscript tradition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames the site as a protected cultural-heritage locus (guhya), implying careful approach and custodianship of sacred water geography.