Varaha Purana 148.80: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

सुवर्णाभं मारकतमगाधं निर्मितं मया॥ तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वीत पञ्चभक्तोषितो नरः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.80

Transliteration

suvarṇābhaṃ mārakatam agādhaṃ nirmitaṃ mayā || tatra snānaṃ prakurvīta pañcabhaktoṣito naraḥ ||

Translation

Stworzyłem zbiornik wodny o złotej barwie, podobny do szmaragdu, głęboki i niezmierzony. Tam człowiek zadowolony z pięciakrotnej bhakti powinien wykonać świętą kąpiel.

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Word by Word

• suvarṇa-ābham: golden-lustrous
• suvarṇa-ābham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: suvarṇa + ābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (suvarṇasya ābhaḥ)

• mārakatam: emerald
• mārakatam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārakata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• agādham: unfathomable / very deep
• agādham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agādha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• nirmitam: made / constructed
• nirmitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√mā (मा) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम); Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakurvīta: should perform
• prakurvīta: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (कृ)
• Form: Optative/विधिलिङ्, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• pañca-bhakta-uṣitaḥ: having stayed for five meals (i.e., five-day/meal observance)
• pañca-bhakta-uṣitaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca + bhakta + uṣita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुषः; uṣita (उषित) = past participle of √vas (वस्) ‘to dwell/abide’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Sacred Sites
• Vaiṣṇava Practice

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a stylized description of a sacred water feature, useful for mapping Purāṇic landscape imagination and pilgrimage-oriented ritual prescriptions.

Which geographic location is identified?

A specific named toponym is not given here; the description likely refers to a site already introduced in the Stutagiri cycle.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivating stable devotional disposition (here described as ‘fivefold’) is paired with tīrtha bathing as a disciplined practice.