Varaha Purana 140.5: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 5

The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

स्थानं लोहर्गलं नाम म्लेच्छराजसमाश्रितम्॥ क्षणं चापि न मुञ्चामि एवमेतन्न संशयः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.5

Transliteration

sthānaṁ lohārgalaṁ nāma mleccharājasamāśritam || kṣaṇaṁ cāpi na muñcāmi evam etan na saṁśayaḥ

Translation

มีสถานที่หนึ่งชื่อว่า โลหารถคละ (Lohārgala) อันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับกษัตริย์มเลจฉะ เรามิได้ละทิ้งแม้ชั่วขณะเดียว เป็นเช่นนั้นแน่นอน ปราศจากข้อสงสัย

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Word by Word

• स्थानम्: place
• स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लोहर्गलम्: (place called) Lohārgala
• लोहर्गलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह-अर्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: लोहेन अर्गलम् / 'Lohārgala' (proper name)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/नामधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; naming marker

• म्लेच्छराज: king of the mlecchas
• म्लेच्छराज: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ-राज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: म्लेच्छानां राजा

• समाश्रितम्: resorted to/inhabited by
• समाश्रितम्: Kriya (क्रिया/भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-श्रि (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: समाश्रि-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifying स्थानम्

• क्षणम्: for a moment
• क्षणम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; adverbial accusative of time

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अप्यर्थक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• मुञ्चामि: I leave/abandon
• मुञ्चामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• न: no
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Māhātmya
• Historical Toponymy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named site (Lohārgala) with a political descriptor (king), offering clues for historical geography and the social vocabulary of the text.

Which geographic location is identified?

Lohārgala is explicitly named as a ‘sthāna’ (place).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys constancy (not abandoning the place even momentarily), framing continuity and steadfast presence as a valued principle.