Varaha Purana 145.83: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 83

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

Devanagari script

यच्च सिद्धाश्रम इति विख्यातः पुण्यवर्द्धनः ॥ शम्भोस्तपोवनं तत्र सर्वाश्रमवरं प्रति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 145.83

Transliteration

yac ca siddhāśrama iti vikhyātaḥ puṇyavardhanaḥ | śambhos tapovanaṃ tatra sarvāśramavaraṃ prati ||

Translation

และที่นั่นมีสถานที่เลื่องชื่อว่า ‘สิทธาศรม’ ผู้เพิ่มพูนบุญกุศล อีกทั้งมีตโปวนะของพระศัมภู (พระศิวะ) ณ ที่นั้น ซึ่งได้รับยกย่องว่าเป็นเลิศในบรรดาอาศรมทั้งปวง

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Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: कर्ता/कर्म (context-dependent; correlates with description)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun 'that which'

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सिद्ध-आश्रमः: Siddhāśrama (hermitage of Siddhas)
• सिद्ध-आश्रमः: कर्ता (as name/title; predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धानाम् आश्रमः / सिद्धः आश्रमः) 'Siddha-āśrama'

• इति: thus/as
• इति: वाक्य-चिह्न (quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• विख्यातः: renowned
• विख्यातः: विशेषण (of 'सिद्धाश्रमः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विख्यात (वि+√ख्या धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'renowned'

• पुण्य-वर्द्धनः: increasing merit
• पुण्य-वर्द्धनः: विशेषण (of 'सिद्धाश्रमः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य + वर्द्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यं वर्धयति इति) 'increaser of merit'

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; 'of Śambhu (Śiva)'

• तपोवनम्: forest of austerities (penance-grove)
• तपोवनम्: कर्ता/कर्म (topic/predicate; context-dependent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तपसः वनम्) 'grove/forest of austerity'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सर्व-आश्रम-वरम्: best of all hermitages
• सर्व-आश्रम-वरम्: विशेषण (of 'तपोवनम्' or implied place)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + आश्रम + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् आश्रमाणां वरम्) 'best among all hermitages'

• प्रति: towards/with regard to
• प्रति: सम्बन्ध/दिशा (relation/direction marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition-like indeclinable; 'towards/with regard to')

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Shared Heritage
• Purāṇic Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the Purāṇic cataloging of āśramas, where ascetic sites are treated as heritage nodes within sacred geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

A site called Siddhāśrama and a nearby/associated tapovana of Śambhu; exact modern location is not determinable from this excerpt alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Valuing disciplined practices and the conservation of contemplative landscapes (tapovana) as socially meaningful spaces.