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Varaha Purana 150.23: Adhyaya 150, Shloka 23

The Sacred Greatness of Sānandūra

मद्भक्ता यच्च पश्यन्ति घोरसंसारमोक्षणम् ॥ चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्यां सा धारा पृथुलेक्षणे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 150.23

madbhaktā yacca paśyanti ghorasaṃsāramokṣaṇam || caturviṃśatidvādaśyāṃ sā dhārā pṛthulekṣaṇe

నా భక్తులు ఘోర సంసారమోక్షంగా దర్శించేది—ఓ విశాలనేత్రా, ఆ ధార ఇరవై నాలుగవ ద్వాదశీనాడు ప్రकटమవుతుంది.

मत्-भक्ताःmy devotees
मत्-भक्ताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), बहुवचन (pl.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मम भक्ताः’
यत्what/that which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
पश्यन्तिsee/behold
पश्यन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Pres.), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (pl.), परस्मैपद
घोर-संसार-मोक्षणम्release from dreadful saṃsāra
घोर-संसार-मोक्षणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक) + संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg.); बहु-तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला: ‘घोरस्य संसारस्य मोक्षणम्’
चतुर्विंशति-द्वादश्याम्on the 24th Dvādaśī
चतुर्विंशति-द्वादश्याम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्विंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन (sg.); द्विगु-समासः (numerical) ‘चतुर्विंशतिः द्वादशी’ = 24th (tithi) Dvādaśī
साthat (she/it)
सा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.); सर्वनाम
धाराthe stream
धारा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg.)
पृथुल-ईक्षणेO broad-eyed one
पृथुल-ईक्षणे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथुल (प्रातिपदिक) + ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Voc.), एकवचन (sg.), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.); बहुव्रीहिः ‘पृथुलं ईक्षणं यस्याः’ (one with broad eyes)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
A
Ancient Geography
E
Ecological Ethics

FAQs

It preserves a calendrical ritual detail (a specific Dvādaśī) tied to a natural feature, useful for studying how ritual calendars were mapped onto seasonal or episodic hydrological phenomena.

The stream associated with Brahma-saras (from the surrounding context) is referenced; the verse itself emphasizes its timing rather than a new place-name.

Devotional attentiveness and timing: engaging with a heritage site according to a calendrical discipline rather than arbitrary visitation.

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