Varaha Purana 148.40: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 40

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha–Māhātmya: seeing and praising the deity at Maṇipūra-giri

Devanagari script

ये तु पश्यन्ति मां भूमे मणिपूरगिरौ स्थितम् ॥ स्तुवन्त्याचार्यवन्तश्च मत्प्रसादत्सु संयताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.40

Transliteration

ye tu paśyanti māṁ bhūme maṇipūragirau sthitam || stuvanty ācāryavantaś ca matprasādatsu saṁyatāḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Wahai Bumi! Mereka yang melihat Aku bersemayam di Maṇipūra-giri dan memuji-Ku—dengan bimbingan para ācārya serta berdisiplin mencari kurnia-Ku—mereka itu terpuji.

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Word by Word

• ye: those who
• Type: Noun
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• paśyanti: see
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: dṛś (धातु)

• mām: me
• Type: Noun
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhūme: O Earth
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)

• maṇipūragirau: on/at Maṇipūra mountain
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘maṇipūrasya giriḥ’
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: maṇipūra + giri (प्रातिपदिक)

• sthitam: standing/being situated
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with implied ‘mām’ (as object)
• Role: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्मसमानाधिकरण)
• Root: sthā (धातु)

• stuvanti: praise
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: stu (धातु)

• ācāryavantaḥ: having (their) teachers
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); possessive adjective ‘having a teacher’ (वत्-प्रत्यय)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: ācārya + vat (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• matprasādatsu: in/through my grace (favours)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); Ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘mama prasādeṣu’
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: mat + prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṁyatāḥ: self-controlled
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Kta (क्त) past passive participle; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: saṁ + yam (धातु)

Sandhi Notes

• stuvanty → stuvanti (final -y from euphonic spelling)
• ācāryavantaś ca → ācāryavantaḥ + ca
• matprasādatsu = mat + prasāda + su (loc.pl.)

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Shanta rasaSetting: Sacred hill / pilgrimage site

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Reassured; devotional attentiveness

What she asks

What is the proper way (teacher-guided, disciplined) to approach and praise Varāha at Maṇipūra-giri to obtain his grace?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Sādhana-bhakti with guru-principle

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesRitual PracticeEthics

Core idea

Devotion matures through ācārya-led practice and self-restraint; divine grace is the transformative outcome.

In practice

Undertake pilgrimage with ethical discipline, follow a competent teacher’s instructions, and cultivate regular stuti/japa with humility.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Direct address to Bhū-devī ('भूमे'); emphasizes darśana and stuti of Varāha abiding on Maṇipūra-giri, with ācārya-guidance and self-restraint to obtain his prasāda

Symbolism of the boar

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Pilgrimage Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It connects a named landscape feature (Maṇipūra-giri) with practices of seeing (darśana-like framing), praise (stuti), and teacher-mediated tradition, reflecting pilgrimage and lineage-based religious culture in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Maṇipūra-giri is explicitly named; the excerpt does not supply a modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Practice disciplined conduct (saṁyama) and learn within an ācārya-guided framework while engaging in praise and visitation at the sacred site.