Varaha Purana 151.72: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 72

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

न तस्य कर्म विद्येत स एवमपि संस्थितः ॥ आख्यानानां महाख्यानं धर्माणां धर्म उत्तमः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.72

Transliteration

na tasya karma vidyeta sa evamapi saṃsthitaḥ || ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ dharmāṇāṃ dharma uttamaḥ

Translation

അവനിൽ ബന്ധകർമ്മം ഒന്നും ശേഷിക്കില്ല—അവൻ ഇങ്ങനെ തന്നെ സ്ഥാപിതനാകുന്നു. ഇത് ആഖ്യാനങ്ങളിൽ മഹാഖ്യാനം, ധർമ്മങ്ങളിൽ ഉത്തമധർമ്മം.

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, negation particle (निषेध)

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• karma: deed/karma
• karma: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• vidyeta: would exist/occur
• vidyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (विद् धातु, to be/occur)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Singular, Ātmanepada

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (प्रकारवाचक)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, particle (समुच्चय/अपि = even/also)

• saṃsthitaḥ: situated/established
• saṃsthitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+√sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; used predicatively

• ākhyānānām: of narratives
• ākhyānānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahā-ākhyānam: the great narrative
• mahā-ākhyānam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• dharmāṇām: of dharmas/duties
• dharmāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• dharmaḥ: dharma
• dharmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• uttamaḥ: supreme/best
• uttamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective qualifying dharmaḥ

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Dharma Discourse
• Purāṇa Studies
• Sanskrit Philosophy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates Purāṇic self-referential elevation (declaring a passage ‘greatest’) and provides evidence for how texts claim authority within a competitive manuscript culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new terrestrial toponym appears here; the verse functions as a doctrinal colophon-like praise within the ongoing kṣetra narrative.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It highlights an ethical ideal of being ‘established’ (saṃsthita) in a mode of life where binding consequences are said to be neutralized—presented as a soteriological claim.