Varaha Purana 49.36: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 36

The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit

Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography and Pilgrimage Itineraries (Tīrtha–Māhātmya)

Devanagari script

अगस्त्यश्च महाभागः कार्तिक्यां पुष्करं व्रजन् । गतेऽगस्त्ये प्रगच्छन् वै भद्राश्वस्य निवेशनम् ॥ ४९.३६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 49.36

Transliteration

agastyaś ca mahābhāgaḥ kārtikyāṃ puṣkaraṃ vrajan | gate 'gastye pragacchan vai bhadrāśvasya niveśanam || 49.36 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

കാർത്തിക മാസത്തിൽ പുഷ്കരത്തിലേക്ക് പുറപ്പെടുന്ന മഹാഭാഗ്യനായ അഗസ്ത്യൻ; അഗസ്ത്യൻ പുറപ്പെട്ട ശേഷം, അവൻ ഭദ്രാശ്വന്റെ വാസസ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് തന്നെ മുന്നേറി.

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Word by Word

• agastyaḥ: Agastya
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction
• Role: Samuccaya-dyotaka (समुच्चय-द्योतक)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• mahābhāgaḥ: most fortunate/illustrious
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Karmadhāraya: 'mahān bhāgaḥ yasya'; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; epithet of agastyaḥ
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)

• kārtikyām: in (the time of) Kārtikī
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; time-locative (in the month/season of Kārtikī)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: kārtikī (प्रातिपदिक)

• puṣkaram: Puṣkara (holy place)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; object of vrajan
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)

• vrajan: going
• Type: Verb
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ): √vraj + śatṛ; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; 'going'
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया; participial)
• Root: √vraj (धातु)

• gate: when (he) had gone
• Type: Verb
• Form: Locative absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/सप्तमी-निरपेक्ष): past participle (क्त) gata; Napuṃsaka, Saptamī, Ekavacana; 'when (he) had gone'
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; locative absolute)
• Root: √gam (धातु)

• agastye: when Agastya (had gone)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī, Ekavacana; with gate forming locative absolute
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locative absolute)
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)

• pragacchan: proceeding
• Type: Verb
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ): pra-√gam + śatṛ; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; 'proceeding'
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया; participial)
• Root: pra-√gam (धातु)

• vai: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थ/खलु)
• Role: Avadhāraṇa-dyotaka (अवधारण-द्योतक)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• bhadrāśvasya: of Bhadrāśva
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī, Ekavacana; genitive (possessor)
• Role: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Root: bhadrāśva (प्रातिपदिक)

• niveśanam: residence/abode
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; object of pragacchan (destination)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: niveśana (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• agastyaḥ + ca → agastyaś ca (visarga sandhi). gate agastye is a locative absolute
• written as gate 'gastye with avagraha indicating initial a- retained after preceding e

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Sacred geography & time (deśa-kāla sanctity)

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesPilgrimageSeasonal Observances

Core idea

Dharma is practiced through alignment with sacred places and auspicious times; movement itself becomes a ritual act.

In practice

Plan observances with attention to kāla (Kārttika) and deśa (tīrtha); treat travel as sādhana with restraint and purity.

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

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

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic-style itinerary linking named sages, calendrical time (Kārttika), and recognized tīrthas (such as Puṣkara), offering evidence for how sacred geography and seasonal observances were narrated in classical Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Puṣkara is named explicitly; in modern scholarship it is commonly associated with Pushkar near Ajmer, Rajasthan. The 'dwelling of Bhadrāśva' is a less certain reference and may denote a legendary or regionally localized place-name within Purāṇic geography rather than a securely identifiable modern site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily narrative rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is indirect—framing disciplined movement through culturally significant landscapes and times (e.g., Kārttika) as part of an ordered, tradition-conscious way of life.