Varaha Purana 144.175: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 175

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

तस्यैव पूर्वदिग्भागे हंसतीर्थमिति स्मृतम् ॥ तत्रैकं कौतुकं वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व महत्तरम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.175

Transliteration

tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge haṃsatīrtham iti smṛtam | tatraikaṃ kautukaṃ vṛttaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva mahattaram ||

Translation

В восточной стороне того самого места поминается брод, именуемый Хамсатиртха. Там произошло удивительное событие — выслушай его, ещё более примечательное.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (of tad)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• पूर्व-दिक्-भागे: in the eastern-direction region
• पूर्व-दिक्-भागे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दिक् (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग (भाग), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• हंस-तीर्थम्: (the place called) Haṃsa-tīrtha
• हंस-तीर्थम्: कर्तृ/कर्म (as subject-complement of ‘smṛtam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• स्मृतम्: is known/called
• स्मृतम्: क्रिया (verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is called/remembered)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: कर्म (object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies ‘kautukam’)

• कौतुकम्: marvel/curious event
• कौतुकम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वृत्तम्: happened/occurred
• वृत्तम्: क्रिया (predicate complement to ‘kautukam’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘occurred/happened’

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (object of ‘śṛṇuṣva’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen (to it)
• शृणुष्व: क्रिया (imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महत्तरम्: greater/very great
• महत्तरम्: विशेषण (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तुलनात्मक-रूप (comparative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of ‘tat/kautukam’)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces a named tīrtha (Haṃsatīrtha) and frames the following passage as an etiological narrative explaining how a sacred place-name and reputation are established in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Haṃsatīrtha is identified as lying in the eastern sector of the previously described sacred region; the passage itself does not provide a modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily functions as a narrative preface, encouraging attentive listening to a culturally significant account tied to place-memory and sacred geography.