Varaha Purana 151.49: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 49

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

गच्छत्यङ्गिरसो लोकं सुखभागी न संशयः ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान्मम कर्मपरायणः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.49

Transliteration

gacchatyaṅgiraso lokaṃ sukhabhāgī na saṃśayaḥ || athātra muñcate prāṇānmama karmaparāyaṇaḥ

Translation

അവൻ സുഖത്തിന്റെ പങ്കാളിയായി അങ്ഗിരസന്റെ ലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു—സംശയമില്ല. പിന്നെ ഇവിടെ തന്നേ, എന്റെ കർമങ്ങളിൽ പരായണനായി, പ്രാണങ്ങളെ വിട്ടൊഴിയുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अङ्गिरसः: of Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिरसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लोकम्: to the world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सुख-भागी: enjoying happiness/fortunate
• सुख-भागी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘sukhabhāgī’ = ‘partaker of happiness’

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

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

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय

• मुञ्चते: releases/gives up
• मुञ्चते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

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

• कर्म-परायणः: devoted to my rites/duties
• कर्म-परायणः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘devoted to action/rites’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Afterlife Topography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates a standard Purāṇic linkage between ritual practice and cosmological ‘worlds’ (lokas), offering a map of merit outcomes embedded in narrative geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the same tīrtha sequence; the specific site is implied by context rather than newly named here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice steadiness in disciplined action (karmaparāyaṇatā) and cultivate readiness to relinquish life without clinging, aligning conduct with an ordered moral-ritual framework.