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Varaha Purana 97.17: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 17

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

महेश्वरं ततो गत्वा गयां पुण्यामथागमत् ॥ तत्र फल्गुकृतस्नानः पितॄन्सन्तर्प्य यत्नतः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 97.17

maheśvaraṁ tato gatvā gayāṁ puṇyām athāgamat || tatra phalgukṛtasnānaḥ pitṝn santarpya yatnataḥ ||

తర్వాత మహేశ్వరానికి వెళ్లి ఆయన పుణ్యక్షేత్రమైన గయకు చేరాడు. అక్కడ ఫల్గు నదిలో స్నానం చేసి, శ్రద్ధతో పితృదేవతలకు తర్పణాదులు సమర్పించి తృప్తిపరిచాడు।

महेश्वरम्Maheśvara (Śiva)
महेश्वरम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् ईश्वरः)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया
गयाम्Gayā (holy place)
गयाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगया (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
पुण्याम्holy
पुण्याम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण
अथthen
अथ:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)
अगमत्went / arrived
अगमत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)
फल्गुकृतस्नानःhaving bathed in the Phalgu (river)
फल्गुकृतस्नानः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootफल्गु-कृत-स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘फल्गौ कृतं स्नानं येन सः’ (one who has bathed in Phalgu)
पितॄन्the ancestors (manes)
पितॄन्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन (acc. pl.)
सन्तर्प्यhaving satisfied (with offerings)
सन्तर्प्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-तृप् (धातु)
Formल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (absolutive/gerund) ‘सन्तर्प्य’ = ‘सन्तर्पयित्वा’ (having satisfied)
यत्नतःcarefully, diligently
यत्नतः:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्नतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (with effort/carefully)

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FAQs

Gayā and the Phalgu are central to South Asian memorial and ancestral-rite traditions; the verse is a witness to the antiquity of these associations in Purāṇic literature.

Gayā (in present-day Bihar, India) and the Phalgu/Falgu river associated with the Gayā region.

It emphasizes careful responsibility toward lineage and memory through disciplined ritual attention (yatnataḥ).

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