Varaha Purana 157.46: Adhyaya 157, Shloka 46

Praise of the Malayārjuna Sacred Ford and the Mathurā-Yamunā Pilgrimage Cycle

Devanagari script

तत्र स्नातो नरो याति मम लोकं न संशयः ॥ अस्ति भाण्डह्रदं नाम परपारेषु दुर्लभम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 157.46

Transliteration

tatra snāto naro yāti mama lokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || asti bhāṇḍahradaṃ nāma parapāreṣu durllabham

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำชำระที่นั่น ย่อมไปสู่โลกของเรา—ไม่ต้องสงสัยเลย มีสระชื่อว่า ภาณฑหรท ซึ่งหาได้ยาก ณ ฝั่งอันไกลโพ้น

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Word by Word

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

• स्नातः: having bathed
• स्नातः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (having bathed)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: कर्म/गत्यर्थकर्म (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• न: not/no
• न: निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता/वाक्यार्थ (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्ति: there is
• अस्ति: क्रिया (Existential verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भाण्डह्रदम्: Bhāṇḍahrada (a lake)
• भाण्डह्रदम्: कर्ता (Subject of अस्ति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—भाण्डस्य ह्रदः/ह्रदम् (Bhāṇḍa-lake)

• नाम: named/called
• नाम: विशेषणार्थ-निपात (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: नामार्थक-अव्यय (indeclinable meaning 'by name')

• परपारेषु: on the farther banks/other side regions
• परपारेषु: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर + पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—परं पारम् (the farther bank/other side)

• दुर्लभम्: rare/difficult to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; 'भाण्डह्रदम्' इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha (default framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Pilgrimage Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse exemplifies Purāṇic cataloging of named waterbodies (hrada) as cultural heritage markers, embedding them in a soteriological narrative of pilgrimage.

Which geographic location is identified?

Bhāṇḍahrada is named as a lake; its precise modern identification is uncertain without corroborating regional toponymy and manuscript traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It encourages purification practices (bathing) and frames them as meaningful within a broader moral-cosmological order.