Varaha Purana 151.58: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 58

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Uttara Bhāga · Vratāni and Post-mortem Destinations

Devanagari script

अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्कृत्वा चान्द्रायणं शुचिः ॥ कार्त्तिकेयं समुत्सृज्य मोदते मम मण्डले

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.58

Transliteration

athātra muñcate prāṇān kṛtvā cāndrāyaṇaṃ śuciḥ || kārttikeyaṃ samutsṛjya modate mama maṇḍale

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

บัดนี้ ผู้ใดในที่นี้สละลมหายใจแห่งชีวิต—ผู้บริสุทธิ์ ครั้นได้บำเพ็ญพรตจันทรายณะแล้ว—ละจากมณฑลของการ์ตติเกยะ ย่อมปีติยินดีในมณฑลของเรา

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Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)

• अत्र: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)

• मुंचते: releases / gives up
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having done/performed)
• Role: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Root: √कृ (धातु)

• चान्द्रायणम्: Cāndrāyaṇa vow/penance
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: चान्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक)

• शुचिः: pure; clean
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied subject)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कार्त्तिकेयम्: Kārttikeya
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: कार्त्तिकेय (प्रातिपदिक)

• समुत्सृज्य: having abandoned / relinquished
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया
• Role: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Root: सम्-उत्-√सृज् (धातु)

• मोदते: rejoices; delights
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: मुद् (धातु)

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

• मण्डले: in the sphere/realm
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• प्राणान्कृत्वा = प्राणान् + कृत्वा (न् + क)
• चान्द्रायणम् = च + आन्द्रायणम् (च + vowel sandhi; written as चान्द्रायणम्)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Attentive, contemplative

What she asks

What is the highest fruit of disciplined observance at this kṣetra, especially at life’s end?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Karma-gati and tīrtha-upāya

Subjects

EthicsRitual PracticeCosmology

Core idea

Purification (prāyaścitta) + intentional sacred context at life’s end shapes post-mortem trajectory; ‘place’ and ‘practice’ cooperate with divine grace.

In practice

Undertake expiatory disciplines sincerely; treat tīrtha-residence as ethical purification, not transactional merit-seeking; cultivate remembrance of the Lord at the end.

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Dharma-śāstra Interfaces
• Indic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows the integration of Dharma-śāstra-like penances (Cāndrāyaṇa) into Purāṇic tīrtha discourse, linking moral-ritual discipline with cosmological outcomes.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse presupposes the Kārttikeya-kuṇḍa setting from the preceding verses; no additional modern-identifiable place-name is supplied here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Purity and regulated self-discipline (through a vow like Cāndrāyaṇa) are presented as key virtues shaping one’s stated destiny.