←Previous Verse
Next Verse→

Varaha Purana 151.56: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 56

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

कार्त्तिकेयस्य कुण्डं तु गुह्यं क्षेत्रं परं मम ॥ यत्र पञ्चदशा धाराः पतन्ति हिमपर्वतात्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.56

kārttikeyasya kuṇḍaṃ tu guhyaṃ kṣetraṃ paraṃ mama || yatra pañcadaśā dhārāḥ patanti hima-parvatāt

కార్త్తికేయుని కుండము నా పరమ గుహ్యమైన పుణ్యక్షేత్రము; అక్కడ హిమాలయ పర్వతమునుండి పదిహేను ధారలు పడుచున్నవి.

कार्त्तिकेयस्यof Kārttikeya
कार्त्तिकेयस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्त्तिकेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
कुण्डम्pond; sacred pool
कुण्डम्:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootकुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (here: nominative as subject-complement)
तुindeed; but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (emphatic/contrastive particle)
गुह्यम्secret; mysterious
गुह्यम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कुण्डम्/क्षेत्रम्)
क्षेत्रम्sacred place; field
क्षेत्रम्:
Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (apposition to कुण्डम्)
परम्supreme; highest
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)
पञ्चदशfifteen
पञ्चदश:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चदशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनरूपेण (agreeing with धाराः)
धाराःstreams; flows
धाराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन
पतन्तिfall; descend
पतन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन
हिमपर्वतात्from the snow-mountain
हिमपर्वतात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootहिम (प्रातिपदिक) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (हिमः पर्वतः = snow-mountain); पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
P
Purāṇic Pilgrimage
C
Cultural Heritage

FAQs

It documents a tīrtha tradition anchored in Himalayan hydroscapes, showing how Purāṇic texts encode landscapes (streams, pools) as cultural heritage and pilgrimage networks.

A Himalayan setting is indicated (hima-parvata), but the exact modern identification of “Kārttikeya-kuṇḍa” is not explicit in this fragment and requires correlation with regional tīrtha lists and local traditions.

The verse implicitly elevates careful engagement with sacred water-sites (kuṇḍa, dhārāḥ) as a disciplined cultural practice within pilgrimage ethics.

Ask anything about this verse

Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.

Not sure where to start?

A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.

Read Varaha Purana in the Vedapath app

Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.

Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Continue reading in the Vedapath app

Open in App
Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play