Varaha Purana 151.37: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 37

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Pūrva Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa Transition and Phala)

Devanagari script

प्रमुच्य नारदं दिव्यं मम लोकं च गच्छति ॥ ततो वसिष्ठकुण्डं तु तस्मिन्क्षेत्रं परं मम

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.37

Transliteration

pramucya nāradaṃ divyaṃ mama lokaṃ ca gacchati || tato vasiṣṭhakuṇḍaṃ tu tasmin kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Setelah dibebaskan (daripada kesan karma) di Nārada-kuṇḍa yang ilahi, dia juga pergi ke loka-Ku. Kemudian tibalah Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa; di dalamnya terletak kṣetra suci-Ku yang tertinggi.

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Word by Word

• प्र-मुच्य: having released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; उपसर्गः प्र
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: प्र-√मुच् (धातु)

• नारदम्: Narada
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नारदम्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकम्: world
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √गम् (धातु)

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• वसिष्ठ-कुण्डम्: Vasishtha’s pond
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वसिष्ठस्य कुण्डम्)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• तु: indeed/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; निपात
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field/place
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• परम्: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (क्षेत्रम्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मम: my
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• तस्मिन् + क्षेत्रम् → तस्मिन्क्षेत्रम्

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Sacred ponds (kuṇḍas)

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious

What she asks

What is the salvific fruit of bathing/rite at Nārada-kuṇḍa, and what is the next sacred station (Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa) in your supreme precinct?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Soteriology (tīrtha-phala)

Subjects

Sacred GeographyPilgrimage SequenceSoteriology (Phala of rites)

Core idea

Contact with sanctified space, when ritually engaged, is portrayed as a means of release and ascent to the Lord’s loka.

In practice

Undertake pilgrimage as a disciplined sequence: complete one tīrtha’s rite and fruitfully proceed to the next, maintaining continuity of intention (saṅkalpa).

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse illustrates how Purāṇas construct networks of named tīrthas (associated with sages like Nārada and Vasiṣṭha) and narrate them as a sequence of spiritually efficacious sites.

Which geographic location is identified?

Vasiṣṭha-kuṇḍa is explicitly named; it is presented as a sacred node within the text’s internal geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The emphasis is on progressing through tīrthas with ritual intentionality, treating the landscape as a structured field for disciplined practice.