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Varaha Purana 99.46: Adhyaya 99, Shloka 46

The Greatness and Rite of the Sesame-Cow (Tiladhenu) Gift

जप्ताः स्युः पुष्करे तीर्थे प्रयागे सिन्धुसङ्गमे ॥ देवागारे कुरुक्षेत्रे वाराणस्यां विशेषतः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 99.46

japtāḥ syuḥ puṣkare tīrthe prayāge sindhu-saṅgame || devāgāre kurukṣetre vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

Hendaklah ia dilafazkan sebagai japa di Puṣkara tīrtha, di Prayāga, di saṅgama Sungai Sindhu, di deva-gāra (kuil), di Kurukṣetra, dan khususnya di Vārāṇasī.

जप्ताः(mantras) recited
जप्ताः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootजप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; (अत्र ‘मन्त्राः’ इति अध्याहार्य)
स्युःshould be
स्युः:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन
पुष्करेat Puṣkara
पुष्करे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
तीर्थेat the sacred ford
तीर्थे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
प्रयागेat Prayāga
प्रयागे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
सिन्धुसङ्गमेat the confluence of the Sindhu
सिन्धुसङ्गमे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु + सङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिन्धोः सङ्गमे)
देवागारेin a temple
देवागारे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + आगार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् आगारे)
कुरुक्षेत्रेat Kurukṣetra
कुरुक्षेत्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
वाराणस्याम्in Vārāṇasī
वाराणस्याम्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootवाराणसी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (स्थाननाम), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formरीत्यर्थक/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
P
Pilgrimage Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It catalogues a network of prominent pilgrimage centers, useful for reconstructing cultural geography and the circulation of ritual practices in Purāṇic milieus.

Puṣkara (Rajasthan), Prayāga (modern Prayagraj/Allahabad), Sindhu-saṅgama (a confluence associated with the Indus system), Kurukṣetra (Haryana), and Vārāṇasī (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh).

To situate disciplined recitation (japa) within culturally recognized heritage landscapes and temple settings, linking personal practice with communal sacred geography.

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