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Varaha Purana 141.46: Adhyaya 141, Shloka 46

The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama

Badrinath Region

अस्ति चोर्वशिकुण्डेति गुह्यं क्षेत्रे परं मम। यत्र चैवोर्वशी भित्त्वा दक्षिणोरुमजायत॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 141.46

asti corvaśikuṇḍeti guhyaṁ kṣetre paraṁ mama | yatra caivorvaśī bhittvā dakṣiṇorum ajāyata ||

నా పరమ గుహ్య క్షేత్రములో ‘చోర్వశికుణ్డ’ అనే తీర్థం ఉంది; అక్కడే ఉర్వశీ (దానిని) చీల్చి కుడి తొడ నుండి జన్మించింది.

अस्तिthere is
अस्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)
उर्वशिकुण्डाthe Urvaśī-pond
उर्वशिकुण्डा:
Karta (कर्ता; अस्ति इत्यस्य विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वशी + कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: उर्वश्याः कुण्डा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन
इतिthus (called)
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश (quotative: thus/called)
गुह्यम्secret
गुह्यम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied 'स्थानम्/क्षेत्रम्')
क्षेत्रेin the sacred place/field
क्षेत्रे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन
परम्supreme
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (superior/supreme)
ममmy
मम:
Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (and)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle: indeed/just)
उर्वशीUrvaśī
उर्वशी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootउर्वशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन
भित्त्वाhaving split
भित्त्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having split/broken)
दक्षिणोरुम्the right thigh
दक्षिणोरुम्:
Karma (कर्म; भित्त्वा इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदक्षिण + ऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (दक्षिणः ऊरुः); पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
अजायतwas born/arose
अजायत:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
C
Cultural Heritage
M
Mythography

FAQs

It provides an etiology for a sacred pond (kuṇḍa) through a named figure (Urvaśī), illustrating how Purāṇic texts anchor mythic memory to specific landscapes.

A site called (C)Orvaśikuṇḍa is identified; without additional coordinates in the excerpt, it remains a Purāṇic toponym requiring cross-text comparison for modern mapping.

The verse primarily encodes cultural-heritage meaning (why a place is considered significant) rather than issuing a direct ethical rule.

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