Varaha Purana 175.7: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 7

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

कालञ्जरे महादेवं तत्र तीर्थपतिं शिवम् ॥ यस्य सन्दर्शनादेव कृष्णगङ्गाफलं भवेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.7

Transliteration

kālañjare mahādevaṁ tatra tīrthapatiṁ śivam || yasya sandarśanād eva kṛṣṇagaṅgāphalaṁ bhavet ||

Translation

कालञ्जरे महादेवः तत्र तीर्थपतिः शिवः। यस्य सन्दर्शनादेव कृष्णगङ्गाफलं भवेत्॥

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Word by Word

• कालञ्जरे: at Kālañjara
• कालञ्जरे: अधिकरण (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पर्वतनाम

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva
• महादेवम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तीर्थपतिम्: lord of the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थपतिम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य पतिः)

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: कर्म (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; महादेवस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (whose)

• सन्दर्शनात्: from the mere sight (of him)
• सन्दर्शनात्: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन् + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सम्यक् दर्शनम्)

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

• कृष्णगङ्गाफलम्: the fruit/merit of (the) Kṛṣṇagaṅgā
• कृष्णगङ्गाफलम्: कर्ता (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + गङ्गा + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृष्णगङ्गायाः फलम् = the merit/fruit of (bathing in) Kṛṣṇagaṅgā)

• भवेत्: would arise / would be obtained
• भवेत्: क्रिया (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (continued narration)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a specific place-name (Kālañjara) with a tīrtha institution and a deity-title (tīrthapati), valuable for reconstructing sacred-site networks and their layered affiliations.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kālañjara is named; it is commonly correlated by scholars with the Kālañjar region/fort area in present-day Uttar Pradesh (Bundelkhand zone), though exact mapping depends on broader textual context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse underscores the cultural practice of respectful visitation (darśana) to heritage shrines as a means of participating in a landscape of remembered value.