Varaha Purana 151.34: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 34

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

लोकं चैत्राङ्गदं गत्वा गन्धर्वैः सह मोदते ॥ अथ चेन्मुञ्चते प्राणांस्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परे मम

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.34

Transliteration

lokaṃ caitrāṅgadaṃ gatvā gandharvaiḥ saha modate || atha cen muñcate prāṇāṃs tasmin kṣetre pare mama

Translation

‘ചൈത്രാംഗദ’ എന്ന ലോകത്തിലേക്ക് ചെന്നു അവൻ ഗന്ധർവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു. പിന്നെ എന്റെ ആ പരമ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ പ്രാണൻ വിട്ടാൽ…

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Word by Word

• लोकम्: world; realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चैत्राङ्गदम्: the realm called Caitrāṅgada
• चैत्राङ्गदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र + अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal form)

• गन्धर्वैः: with Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Sahakari (सहकारी/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition/adverb: 'together with')

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

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव (particle: 'then/now')

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Hetu/Condition (हेतु/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle: 'if')

• मुञ्चते: releases; gives up
• मुञ्चते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths; life
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (contextual), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परे: supreme
• परे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Eschatology
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates a common Purāṇic ‘result’ motif where sacred geography is linked to post-mortem destinies, reflecting historical imagination of cosmological cartographies.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse names a realm “Caitrāṅgada-loka,” while the earthly locus remains the unnamed ‘supreme kṣetra’ previously introduced (Pañcasara context).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it promotes disciplined engagement with the kṣetra (through prescribed practice), presenting outcomes in terms of well-being and cosmological reward.