Varaha Purana 151.46: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 46

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Merit, Afterlife Topography, and Renunciation)

Devanagari script

मोदते तस्य लोकेषु ऋषिकन्याप्रमोदितः ॥ अथात्र मुञ्चते प्राणान् सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.46

Transliteration

modate tasya lokeṣu ṛṣikanyāpramoditaḥ || athātra muñcate prāṇānsarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

—alegra-se nesses mundos, deleitado pelas donzelas dos rishis (ṛṣi-kanyās). Então, aqui mesmo, ele abandona os sopros vitais, livre de todo apego.

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Word by Word

• मोदते: rejoices
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: मुद् (धातु)

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case/Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकेषु: in worlds
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), बहुवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषि-कन्या-प्रमोदितः: gladdened by the sage’s daughter
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘प्रमोदित’ = ‘made glad’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘ऋषिकन्या’ = ‘sage’s daughter’ (genitive relation implied)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-मुद् (धातु)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• अत्र: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• मुञ्चते: releases/gives up
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्व-सङ्ग-विवर्जितः: free from all attachments
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘विवर्जित’ = ‘devoid of’; तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वसङ्ग’ = ‘all attachments’ (determinative)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-वृज् (धातु)

Sandhi Notes

• ऋषिकन्याप्रमोदितः → ऋषि-कन्या-प्रमोदितः
• अथात्र → अथ अत्र
• प्राणान्सर्वसङ्गविवर्जितः → प्राणान् सर्व-सङ्ग-विवर्जितः

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Curious; receiving instruction about sacred topography and post-mortem fruit

What she asks

Which conduct and sacred-place association leads to higher worlds and a detached death at the tīrtha?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Soteriology (vairāgya + tīrtha-saṃskāra)

Subjects

CosmologyEthicsHeritage Sites

Core idea

Saṅga-vivarjana (non-attachment) transforms death into deliberate prāṇa-utsarga and supports upward migration of consciousness.

In practice

Practice non-possessiveness and mental release; approach sacred places with inner renunciation rather than mere tourism or merit-seeking.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Afterlife Topography
• Ascetic Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic merit narratives that connect tīrtha practice with imagined cosmological destinations, while simultaneously valuing detachment as an ethical ideal.

Which geographic location is identified?

The text indicates the same tīrtha context as the preceding verse (“here/atra”), without specifying a modern correlate in this excerpt.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cultivate non-attachment (freedom from saṅga) even while engaging in culturally prescribed rites, presenting renunciation as the mature culmination of practice.