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Varaha Purana 151.18: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 18

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः ॥ सर्वान्स्वर्गान्परित्यज्य मम लोकं प्रपद्यते

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 151.18

athātra muñcate prāṇān svakarmapariniṣṭhitaḥ || sarvān svargān parityajya mama lokaṃ prapadyate

പിന്നീട് ഇവിടെ, സ്വന്തം കർത്തവ്യത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി, അവൻ പ്രാണൻ വിട്ടുപോകുന്നു; എല്ലാ സ്വർഗങ്ങളും ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് എന്റെ ലോകത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

अथthen
अथ:
क्रम (sequence marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formक्रमसूचक अव्यय (then/now)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकरण (context)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेश/प्रकरणवाचक अव्यय (here)
मुञ्चतेreleases/gives up
मुञ्चते:
क्रिया (action)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
प्राणान्life-breaths; life
प्राणान्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन
स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितःsteadfast in his own duties/acts
स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व + कर्म + परि + निष्ठित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमास: स्वकर्म (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + परिनिष्ठित (उपसर्ग-युक्त कृदन्त) → तत्पुरुष; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies implied subject 'सः')
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
कर्म-विशेषण (object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies 'स्वर्गान्')
स्वर्गान्heavens
स्वर्गान्:
कर्म (object)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
परित्यज्यhaving abandoned
परित्यज्य:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + √त्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)
ममmy
मम:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम
लोकम्world/realm
लोकम्:
कर्म (object/goal)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
प्रपद्यतेattains/resorts to
प्रपद्यते:
क्रिया (action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √पद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
A
Afterlife Concepts

FAQs

It illustrates a Purāṇic hierarchy of post-mortem destinations where even heavenly realms are presented as secondary to a deity-associated loka, reflecting evolving devotional soteriology.

The verse uses “here” (atra) rather than a named site; the referent is the tīrtha/kunda context of the chapter.

Steadfastness in one’s appropriate duties (svakarma) is highlighted as a foundational virtue aligned with the text’s promised outcomes.

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