Varaha Purana 149.52: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 52

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

कदम्बात्पतते धारा तत्र पूर्वविनिःसृता ॥ स कदम्बो महाभागे माघमासस्य द्वादशी ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.52

Transliteration

kadambāt patate dhārā tatra pūrvaviniḥsṛtā || sa kadambo mahābhāge māghamāsasya dvādaśī ||

Translation

കദംബത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു ധാര വീഴുന്നു; അത് അവിടെ പുരാതനകാലം മുതൽ പുറപ്പെട്ടതാണ്. മഹാഭാഗ്യവാനേ, ആ കദംബം മാഘമാസത്തിലെ ദ്വാദശിയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• kadambāt: from the kadamba (tree/place)

• patate: falls/descends

• dhārā: stream

• tatra: there

• pūrva-viniḥsṛtā: formerly issued forth/anciently emerged

• saḥ kadambaḥ: that Kadamba

• mahābhāge: O fortunate one (voc.)

• māgha-māsasya: of the month Māgha

• dvādaśī: the twelfth lunar day

Speaker

Varāha (addressing Pṛthivī; vocative 'mahābhāge')

Tags

• Sacred Hydrology
• Indic Calendrics
• Cultural Ecology
• Purāṇic Place Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It ties a natural feature (a descending stream associated with a kadamba) to ritual time (Māgha Dvādaśī), illustrating how ecology and calendrics co-structure tīrtha traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

A Kadamba-associated site with a descending stream is indicated; modern identification is indeterminate from this excerpt alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse encourages time-sensitive, place-based observance—aligning human practice with natural and calendrical rhythms.