Varaha Purana 150.45: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 45

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

Devanagari script

जटाकुण्डमिति ख्यातं वायव्यां दिशि संस्थितम् ॥ तत्कुण्डस्य महाभागे समन्ताद्दशयोजनम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 150.45

Transliteration

jaṭākuṇḍam iti khyātaṃ vāyavyāṃ diśi saṃsthitam || tatkuṇḍasya mahābhāge samantād daśayojanam

Translation

Tempat ini masyhur sebagai “Jaṭā-kuṇḍa”, terletak di arah vāyavya (barat laut). Wahai wanita mulia, kawasan yang mengelilingi kolam itu di segenap sisi berukuran sepuluh yojana.

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Word by Word

• जटाकुण्डम्: the pool named 'Jaṭākuṇḍa'
• जटाकुण्डम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (जटानां कुण्डम्)

• इति: thus / as
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिप्रदर्शक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातम्: is known (as)
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः; 'is known/called'

• वायव्याम्: in the north-western
• वायव्याम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; दिक्शब्द-विशेषणम्

• दिशि: direction
• दिशि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• संस्थितम्: situated
• संस्थितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'situated/located'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitival relation), एकवचन; 'that' (used as determiner)

• कुण्डस्य: of the pool
• कुण्डस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• महाभागे: in the great part/region
• महाभागे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/स्थाननिर्देशे (in the great region/part)

• समन्तात्: all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपसर्गार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'on all sides/from all around')

• दशयोजनम्: ten yojanas (in extent)
• दशयोजनम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश योजने प्रमाणम्)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Heritage Documentation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a toponym (Jaṭā-kuṇḍa) and a spatial description using yojana-measure, characteristic of Purāṇic sacred-geography catalogues.

Which geographic location is identified?

A site named Jaṭā-kuṇḍa, described as lying in the vāyavya (north-west) direction; modern identification is uncertain from this excerpt alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames landscape as culturally significant ‘heritage space’ by naming and measuring it, supporting the Purāṇic practice of mindful pilgrimage and place-based memory.