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Varaha Purana 145.95: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 95

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे ॥ अन्तर्गुह्यं परं श्रेष्ठं यन्न जानन्ति मोहिताः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 145.95

anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi tac chṛṇuṣva vasundhare | antarguhyaṃ paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yan na jānanti mohitāḥ ||

अन्यच्च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि, तच्छृणुष्व वसुन्धरे। अन्तर्गुह्यं परं श्रेष्ठं, यन्न जानन्ति मोहिताः।

anyatanother (thing)
anyat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction: “and”)
teto you
te:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)
pravakṣyāmiI will tell; I will explain
pravakṣyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√vac (वच् धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)
tatthat
tat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
śṛṇuṣvalisten (you)!
śṛṇuṣva:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (श्रु धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)
vasundhareO Earth (Vasundharā)
vasundhare:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)
antar-guhyammost secret; inner secret
antar-guhyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootantar (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाव-समास (“inner/most secret”)
paramsupreme
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
śreṣṭhambest; excellent
śreṣṭham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
yatwhich; that which
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle: “not”)
jānantithey know
jānanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
mohitāḥdeluded; bewildered
mohitāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmoha (प्रातिपदिक) / √muh (मुह् धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying implied “they”)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
D
Didactic Dialogue

FAQs

It highlights the pedagogical framing typical of Purāṇic literature: layered instruction (outer/inner) delivered through a dialogue that organizes doctrine and sacred geography.

No specific location is named in this verse; it functions as a transition into a doctrinal explanation within the kṣetra narrative.

It encourages intellectual humility and attentive listening, contrasting clarity of understanding with moha (confusion/delusion).

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