Varaha Purana 175.15: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 15

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

नित्यं स्वर्गे वसति स यस्यास्थि ह्यर्धचन्द्रके॥ तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेन लोकैः प्रचलिता बहिः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.15

Transliteration

nityaṃ svarge vasati sa yasyāsthi hy ardhacandrake || tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena lokaiḥ pracalitā bahiḥ

Translation

അർദ്ധചന്ദ്ര തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ആരുടെ അസ്ഥികൾ നിക്ഷേപിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ, അവൻ നിത്യവും സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്നു എന്നു പറയുന്നു. തീർത്ഥയാത്രകളുടെ അവസരത്തിൽ ഈ കഥ ജനങ്ങളിൽ വ്യാപകമായി പ്രചരിച്ചു.

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Word by Word

• nityam: always
• nityam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative

• vasati: dwells
• vasati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस्) धातु
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present: ‘dwells’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative pronoun

• yasya: whose
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Relative pronoun: ‘whose’

• asthi: bone
• asthi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular neuter

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• ardhacandrake: in the half-moon (spot)
• ardhacandrake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (प्रातिपदिक) + candra (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-आधारः ‘in/at the half-moon (place)’

• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṅgena: because of the occasion of pilgrimage
• tīrtha-yātrā-prasaṅgena: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + prasaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तीर्थयात्रायाः प्रसङ्गः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); instrumental: ‘due to the occasion of pilgrimage’

• lokaiḥ: by people
• lokaiḥ: Kartṛ (कर्ता—करणभूत/agentive instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• pracalitā: became prevalent / spread
• pracalitā: Kriyā (क्रिया/participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√cal (चल्) धातु; pracalita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate adjective (understood subject: कथा/कीर्तिः/प्रथा)

• bahiḥ: outside / widely
• bahiḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bahiḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice) to Pṛthivī (inquirer framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Pilgrimage Culture
• Reception History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a mechanism of cultural transmission: pilgrimage networks disseminate tīrtha claims, showing how sacred-geography knowledge circulates socially.

Which geographic location is identified?

Ardhacandra is the named ritual site; the verse also references pilgrimage travel generally (tīrthayātrā).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It emphasizes remembrance and ritual continuity; ethically, it underscores communal knowledge-sharing around rites and places.