Varaha Purana 145.36: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 36

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

Devanagari script

हृद्यं तत्परमं गुह्यं भक्तकर्मसुखावहम् ॥ तत्र स्नानं तु कुर्वीत अहोरात्रोषितो नरः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 145.36

Transliteration

hṛdyaṃ tatparamaṃ guhyaṃ bhaktakarmasukhāvaham || tatra snānaṃ tu kurvīta ahorātroṣito naraḥ ||

Translation

ఆ స్థలం హృదయానందకరం, పరమ గోప్యం, భక్తికర్మసుఖాన్ని ప్రసాదించేది. అక్కడ మనిషి ఒక పగలు-రాత్రి నివసించి స్నానం చేయాలి.

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Word by Word

• हृद्यम्: pleasing to the heart
• हृद्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with implied/understood neuter विषय)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (deictic)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भक्तकर्मसुखावहम्: bringing happiness from devotees’ rites
• भक्तकर्मसुखावहम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त + कर्म + सुख + आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; समासः—(भक्तानां कर्मणां) सुखम् आवहति इति; विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मपद

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• कुर्वीत: should do
• कुर्वीत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अहोरात्रोषितः: having stayed for a day and night
• अहोरात्रोषितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहोरात्र + उषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) उषित ‘having stayed’; समासः—अहोरात्रे उषितः (locative-tatpurusha)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Pilgrimage Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves procedural details of pilgrimage observance (overnight stay and bathing), reflecting how tīrtha practice was standardized in textual form.

Which geographic location is identified?

The instruction applies to the previously mentioned hidden precinct (Bilvaprabha) within the Śālagrāma-kṣetra setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Discipline and intentionality—staying, then bathing—are presented as integral to meaningful practice.