Varaha Purana 141.6: Adhyaya 141, Shloka 6

The Sacred Greatness of Badarikāśrama

Badrinath Region

Devanagari script

अग्निसत्यपदं नाम तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे परं मम ॥ शृङ्गत्रयात्पतन्त्यत्र धारा मुसलसन्निभाः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 141.6

Transliteration

agnisatyapadaṁ nāma tasminkṣetre paraṁ mama | śṛṅgatrayāt patantyatra dhārā musalasannibhāḥ ||

Translation

ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของเรานั้น มีสถานอันสูงสุดชื่อว่า ‘อัคนิสตยปท’ จากยอดเขาสามยอดมีสายน้ำตกลงมา มีแรงและรูปดุจสากตำ

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Word by Word

• agni-satya-padam: (the place called) Agni-satya-pada
• agni-satya-padam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—अग्नेः सत्यं पदम्/अग्निसत्यस्य पदम् (name of a place)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/label)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle meaning ‘called/namely’)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṣetre: field/holy place
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śṛṅga-trayāt: from the three peaks
• śṛṅga-trayāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; द्विगुः—त्रीणि शृङ्गाणि (from the three peaks/horns)

• patanti: fall
• patanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• dhārāḥ: streams
• dhārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• musala-sannibhāḥ: pestle-like
• musala-sannibhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः—मुसलस्य सन्निभाः (resembling a pestle)

Speaker

Varāha (contextual continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves micro-toponyms and landscape description (peaks and streams), valuable for reconstructing the cultural geography and environmental imagination of Purāṇic pilgrimage literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

A named spot: Agnisatyapada, within the broader Badarikāśrama sacred region.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, the verse frames the natural landscape (mountain and waters) as part of a protected sacred environment, encouraging respectful engagement with such sites.