Varaha Purana 176.70: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 70

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

Devanagari script

दृश्यन्ते स्वेदसङ्काशा नाममात्रा यथा पुरा ॥ रोमकूपान्तरे लग्ना सशैलवनकानना

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.70

Transliteration

dṛśyante svedasaṅkāśā nāmamātrā yathā purā || romakūpāntare lagnā saśailavanakānanā

Translation

അവ വിയർപ്പുപോലെയുള്ള അടയാളങ്ങളായി മാത്രം കാണപ്പെടുന്നു—മുന്പുപോലെ വെറും നാമമാത്രമായി—പർവതങ്ങളും വനങ്ങളും കാനനങ്ങളും സഹിതം (ദിവ്യദേഹത്തിന്റെ) രോമകൂപങ്ങളുടെ ഉള്ളിൽ ഒട്ടിക്കിടക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen / appear
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• स्वेद-सङ्काशाः: resembling sweat
• स्वेद-सङ्काशाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्काश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural); विशेषणम्

• नाम-मात्राः: mere in name only
• नाम-मात्राः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• यथा: as / like
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/तुलना)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमान/तुलना-वाचकम् (comparative particle)

• पुरा: formerly / earlier
• पुरा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• रोमकूप-अन्तरे: in the hair-pores
• रोमकूप-अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमकूप (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• लग्नाः: stuck / attached
• लग्नाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लग् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• स-शैल-वन-काननाः: with mountains, forests, and groves
• स-शैल-वन-काननाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्; 'स' = सहित (with)

Speaker

Varāha (contextual default; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sacred Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cosmological metaphor where landscapes (mountains/forests) are described as subsisting in a subtle state associated with a divine body, reflecting how sacred geography is narrated through mythic physiology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single toponym is specified here; the verse speaks generically of mountains and forests in a compressed/subtle condition.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames the natural world (mountains/forests) as integral to cosmic order, supporting an ecological reading that landscapes are not disposable but embedded in sacred cosmology.