Varaha Purana 144.9: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 9

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

ममैवाराधनार्थाय भ्रमते स दिशो दश ॥ पुत्रार्थं स तपस्तेपे मेरुशृङ्गे समाहितः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 144.9

Transliteration

mamaivārādhanārthāya bhramate sa diśo daśa || putrārthaṃ sa tapas tepe meruśṛṅge samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

เพื่อการบูชาต่อเราแต่ผู้เดียว เขาได้จาริกไปในทิศทั้งสิบ ครั้นปรารถนาบุตร เขาจึงบำเพ็ญตบะอย่างเคร่งครัด ตั้งจิตแน่วแน่ ณ ยอดเขาพระสุเมรุ

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Word by Word

• मम: of me/my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम (1st person pronoun)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• आराधनार्थाय: for the purpose of worship
• आराधनार्थाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Purpose-dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आराधन-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः: आराधनस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भ्रमते: wanders
• भ्रमते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: कर्म-विशेषण (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; द्वितीया, बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with दिशः)

• पुत्रार्थम्: for (obtaining) a son
• पुत्रार्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: पुत्रस्य अर्थः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (accusative of purpose)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तपः: austerity/penance
• तपः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तेपे: performed (penance)
• तेपे: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मेरुशृङ्गे: on Meru’s peak
• मेरुशृङ्गे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु-शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः: मेरोः शृङ्गम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समाहितः: composed/concentrated
• समाहितः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाच्ये विशेषण (collected/intent)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ascetic Traditions
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard Purāṇic motif: a sage’s tapas linked to both personal aims (progeny) and devotion, embedded within a cosmological geography (Meru).

Which geographic location is identified?

Meru (मेरु) is named—mythic-cosmological Mount Meru, a central axis in Purāṇic world-models rather than a single modern-identifiable mountain.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It highlights disciplined effort (tapas) and focused intention (samāhita) as valued means for pursuing aims within a dharmic framework.