Varaha Purana 150.46: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 46

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

Devanagari script

अगस्तिभक्नं गत्वा मोदते नात्र संशयः ॥ अथ प्राणान्प्रमुञ्चेत मम चिन्तापरायणः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 150.46

Transliteration

agastibhaknaṃ gatvā modate nātra saṃśayaḥ || atha prāṇān pramuñceta mama cintāparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

അഗസ്തിഭക്നത്തിലേക്ക് ചെന്നാൽ മനുഷ്യൻ സംശയമില്ലാതെ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. പിന്നെ എന്നെ ധ്യാനത്തിൽ പരായണനായി പ്രാണൻ വിട്ടാൽ,

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Word by Word

• अगस्तिभक्नम्: (to) the place/thing broken by Agastya
• अगस्तिभक्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्ति + भक्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अगस्तिना भक्नम्/भङ्गीकृतम्—'broken/cleft by Agastya' as a place/thing)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having gone'

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths / vital airs
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• प्रमुञ्चेत: would release / should give up
• प्रमुञ्चेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चिन्तापरायणः: one devoted to thinking of (me)
• चिन्तापरायणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्ता + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (चिन्तायां परायणः—'devoted to contemplation')

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Pilgrimage Literature
• Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named tīrtha (Agastibhakna) with affective reward (joy) and a liberation-oriented ideal at life’s end, reflecting standard Purāṇic pilgrimage rhetoric.

Which geographic location is identified?

Agastibhakna (as transmitted in the excerpt) is a place-name; without additional manuscript context, precise modern correlation remains indeterminate.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes disciplined remembrance/contemplation (cintā) as a stabilizing life-practice, especially emphasized at the end of life.