Varaha Purana 151.65: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 65

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

प्रख्यातं ब्रह्मकुण्डं तु वेदा यत्र समुत्थिताः ॥ चतस्रो वेदधारास्तु पतन्ति च हिमालयात् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.65

Transliteration

prakhyātaṃ brahmakuṇḍaṃ tu vedā yatra samutthitāḥ || catasro vedadhārāstu patanti ca himālayāt

Translation

Słynne jest Brahmakuṇḍa, miejsce, z którego według przekazu powstały Wedy. Z Himalajów spływają cztery strumienie, zwane „wedyckimi nurtami”.

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Word by Word

• prakhyātam: well-known / renowned
• prakhyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of brahmakuṇḍam
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-khyāta (कृदन्त; √khyā प्रख्याने धातु)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); Past Passive Participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• brahma-kuṇḍam: Brahma’s sacred pool
• brahma-kuṇḍam: Karta (कर्ता) / Topic (उद्देश्य) of description
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (brahmaṇaḥ kuṇḍam)

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• vedāḥ: the Vedas
• vedāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) of samutthitāḥ
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (सम्बन्ध-अव्यय) of place

• samutthitāḥ: arisen / originated
• samutthitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया) / predicate of vedāḥ
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-utthita (कृदन्त; √sthā/√ut-sthā उत्थाने धातु)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); Past Passive Participle (क्त) used predicatively with vedāḥ

• catasraḥ: four
• catasraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of vedadhārāḥ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catasṛ (प्रातिपदिक; numeral)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral adjective qualifying dhārāḥ

• veda-dhārāḥ: streams of the Vedas
• veda-dhārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता) of patanti
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vedānāṃ dhārāḥ)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• patanti: fall / flow down
• patanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (पत् गतौ/पातने धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्, Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• himālayāt: from the Himalaya
• himālayāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic strategy of mapping revelation and textual authority (the Vedas) onto a landscape, turning geography into cultural heritage memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

Himālaya is explicitly named; Brahmakuṇḍa is presented as a sacred toponym, though its exact modern identification varies across regional tīrtha traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it promotes reverent engagement with sacred water-sites as repositories of cultural memory and disciplined practice (e.g., bathing/observance in later verses).