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Varaha Purana 96.53: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 53

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

गृहे क्षेत्रे तडागेषु वाप्युद्यानेषु चैव हि ॥ अन्यचितारुदन्त्य याः स्त्रियास्तिष्ठन्ति नित्यशः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.53

gṛhe kṣetre taḍāgeṣu vāpyudyāneṣu caiva hi || anyacitārudantya yāḥ striyās tiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ ||

ఇళ్లలో, పొలాల్లో, చెరువుల వద్ద, బావులు/జలాశయాల్లో మరియు ఉద్యానాల్లో కూడా—ఇతరుల చితి వద్ద నిత్యం విలపిస్తూ నిలిచే స్త్రీలు.

गृहेin a house
गृहे:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc sg)
क्षेत्रेin a field
क्षेत्रे:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (loc sg)
तडागेषुin ponds
तडागेषु:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (loc pl)
वापी-उद्यानेषुin tanks and gardens
वापी-उद्यानेषु:
अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवापी (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समासः (वाप्यः च उद्यानानि च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन (loc pl)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed / just
एव:
निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
हिindeed
हि:
निपात (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; for emphasis/indeed)
अन्य-चित-अरुदन्त्यः(women) wailing at other funeral pyres
अन्य-चित-अरुदन्त्यः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चित (प्रातिपदिक) + अरुदन्ती (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समासः (अन्यचितायाम्/अन्यचितासु अरुदन्त्यः = wailing at other pyres); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (fem nom pl)
याःwho (those who)
याः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; fem nom pl)
स्त्रियःwomen
स्त्रियः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (fem nom pl)
तिष्ठन्तिstand / remain
तिष्ठन्ति:
क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd pl)
नित्यशःalways
नित्यशः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb; always)

Rudra (continuation)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
A
Ancient Geography
W
Water Heritage (archival tag)

FAQs

It catalogs everyday landscape terms (fields, ponds, tanks, gardens), useful for reconstructing the material vocabulary of settlement and water-management in Sanskrit literature.

No specific toponym is given; instead, a generalized cultural geography of domestic and agrarian spaces is presented.

The verse frames liminal, grief-associated behavior as part of a broader taxonomy requiring management—suggesting social concern for protecting spaces and persons from harmful influences.

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