Varaha Purana 150.32: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 32

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

Devanagari script

तत्र पूर्वेण पार्श्वेण ह्यदूरादर्धयोजनात् ॥ तस्य कुण्डस्य सुश्रोणि चतस्रो विषमाश्रिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 150.32

Transliteration

tatra pūrveṇa pārśveṇa hy adūrād ardha-yojanāt || tasya kuṇḍasya suśroṇi catasro viṣamāśritāḥ ||

Translation

Tam, po wschodniej stronie, niedaleko, w odległości pół jojany od tego stawu, o pani o pięknych biodrach, cztery strumienie znajdują się na nierównym terenie w związku z tym kuṇḍą.

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb of place

• pūrveṇa: on the eastern (side)
• pūrveṇa: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (पूर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; used adverbially/instrumentally = 'on the eastern side/by the east'

• pārśveṇa: by the side
• pārśveṇa: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva (पार्श्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental of relation = 'by/at the side'

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; particle (emphasis/causal)

• adūrāt: from nearby
• adūrāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adūra (अदूर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; used adverbially = 'from nearby/not far away'

• ardha-yojanāt: from half a yojana (distance)
• ardha-yojanāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ardha (अर्ध) + yojana (योजन) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense 'half-yojana' (measure)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kuṇḍasya: of the pond
• kuṇḍasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (कुण्ड) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• suśroṇi: O fair-hipped lady
• suśroṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-śroṇi (सुश्रोणि) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; address to a woman = 'O fair-hipped one'

• catasraḥ: four
• catasraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catur (चतुर्) (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; numeral used substantively

• viṣama-āśritāḥ: situated in uneven places / having taken uneven positions
• viṣama-āśritāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣama (विषम) + āśrita (आश्रित) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √śri with ā-)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; past participle 'āśrita' qualifying 'catasraḥ' = 'having resorted to/located at' with qualifier 'uneven/difficult'

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves directional and distance-based descriptors used for locating tīrthas, reflecting premodern spatial documentation practices.

Which geographic location is identified?

An area east of the referenced kuṇḍa, half a yojana away; the verse is relational rather than naming a modern-identifiable place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It supports a heritage-reading of landscape literacy: knowing directions and terrain is part of responsible travel and site engagement.