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Varaha Purana 143.2: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 2

Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove

जाह्नव्या दक्षिणे कूले विन्ध्यपृष्ठसमाश्रितम् ॥ मन्दारेति च विख्यातं सर्वभागवतप्रियम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 143.2

jāhnavyā dakṣiṇe kūle vindhyapṛṣṭhasamāśritam || mandāreti ca vikhyātaṃ sarvabhāgavatapriyam

జాహ్నవి (గంగా) దక్షిణ తీరంలో, వింధ్య పర్వతశ్రేణి మీద ఆధారపడి ‘మందార’ అని ప్రసిద్ధమైన ఒక స్థలం ఉంది; అది సమస్త భాగవత భక్తులకు ప్రియమైనది.

जाह्नव्याby/near the Jahnavi (Ganga)
जाह्नव्या:
अधिकरण-निर्देश (संबन्ध/स्थान-सूचक)
TypeNoun
Rootजाह्नवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), एकवचन; Instrumental singular
दक्षिणेon the southern
दक्षिणे:
अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (agreeing with कूले)
कूलेbank/shore
कूले:
अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular
विन्ध्यपृष्ठसमाश्रितम्situated on the Vindhya’s back/ridge
विन्ध्यपृष्ठसमाश्रितम्:
विशेषण (of मन्दारम्/स्थानम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootविन्ध्य-पृष्ठ-सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; समासः: विन्ध्यस्य पृष्ठम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) + समाश्रित
मन्दारMandāra (name)
मन्दार:
सम्बोधन/नामनिर्देश (नाम/Designation)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (इति-उद्धरणे नाम); Nominative singular (name in quotation)
इतिthus/“as”
इति:
वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (उद्धरण/Quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण-समाप्ति सूचक अव्यय; quotative particle
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय; conjunction
विख्यातम्well-known
विख्यातम्:
विशेषण (of मन्दारम्/स्थानम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally
सर्वभागवतप्रियम्dear to all devotees (Bhāgavatas)
सर्वभागवतप्रियम्:
विशेषण (of मन्दारम्/स्थानम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व-भागवत-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: सर्वेषां भागवतानां प्रियम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
S
Sacred Rivers
P
Purāṇic Tīrtha Literature

FAQs

It provides a classic Purāṇic geospatial locator—riverbank plus mountain-range reference—useful for correlating textual tīrthas with regional historical geography.

Mandāra is located on the southern bank of Jāhnavī (commonly identified with the Gaṅgā) and associated with the Vindhya region; precise modern identification requires cross-text comparison and local toponymy studies.

Implicitly, it frames certain landscapes as culturally valued and ‘beloved’ within a devotional community, encouraging preservation of memory and practice around place.

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