Varaha Purana 162.2: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 2

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

महागृहॊदयम् नाम जम्बूद्वीपस्य भूषणम् ॥ तस्मिन् पुरवरे दिव्ये ब्राह्मणो वसते शुभे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.2

Transliteration

mahāgṛhodayaṃ nāma jambūdvīpasya bhūṣaṇam || tasmin puravare divye brāhmaṇo vasate śubhe

Translation

มีนครชื่อว่า “มหาคฤโหทัย” อันกล่าวว่าเป็นเครื่องประดับแห่งชมพูทวีป ในมหานครอันเป็นมงคลและทิพย์นั้น พราหมณ์ผู้หนึ่งพำนักอยู่

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Word by Word

• mahāgṛha-udayam: (a place called) ‘Great-House-Rise/Prosperity’
• mahāgṛha-udayam: Karta (कर्ता) / Nominative predicate (प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + udaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mahāgṛhasya udayaḥ)

• nāma: by name / called
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle indicating name/appellation (नाम-प्रयोग)

• jambūdvīpasya: of Jambūdvīpa
• jambūdvīpasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / Genitive of relation
• Type: Noun
• Root: jambūdvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (jambū + dvīpa)

• bhūṣaṇam: ornament / glory
• bhūṣaṇam: Karta (कर्ता) / Appositional predicate
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• tasmin: in that (place)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• pura-vare: in the excellent city
• pura-vare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारयः (varaṃ puram)

• divye: divine
• divye: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with pura-vare

• brāhmaṇaḥ: a Brahmin
• brāhmaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• vasate: dwells / lives
• vasate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vas (वस् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (tasmin) pura-vare

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Geography
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces a named urban center within the Purāṇic map of Jambūdvīpa, framing the narrative in a culturally meaningful geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mahāgṛhodaya is given as a city-name; precise modern identification is not established from this fragment alone without corroborating sources.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical injunction appears here; the verse functions as geographic and narrative scene-setting.