Varaha Purana 213.22: Adhyaya 213, Shloka 22

The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons

Devanagari script

धारापातैश्च तोयानां विस्फुलिङ्गैः सहस्रशः ।। प्रज्वालितेऽतुले शृङ्गे रम्ये हरितशाद्वले

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 213.22

Transliteration

dhārāpātaiś ca toyānāṁ visphuliṅgaiḥ sahasraśaḥ || prajvālitae’tule śṛṅge ramye haritaśādvale

Translation

ท่ามกลางสายน้ำที่กระหน่ำและประกายไฟนับพัน บนยอดเขาอันหาที่เปรียบมิได้—ลุกโชติช่วงแต่ยังงดงาม—มีพื้นเขียวชอุ่มปูด้วยหญ้าอ่อนสดดุจพรม

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Word by Word

• धारापातैः: by streams of falling water
• धारापातैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारापात (प्रातिपदिक; धारा+पात)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय)

• तोयानाम्: of waters
• तोयानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• विस्फुलिङ्गैः: with sparks
• विस्फुलिङ्गैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्फुलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘by thousands/innumerably’

• प्रज्वालिते: in (that which is) kindled/blazing
• प्रज्वालिते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+ज्वल् (धातु) → प्रज्वालित (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन), Neuter (agreeing with शृङ्गे)

• अतुले: in the incomparable
• अतुले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• शृङ्गे: on the peak/horn (mountain-peak)
• शृङ्गे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• रम्ये: in the delightful
• रम्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• हरितशाद्वले: in (that) with green turf/green-grassed
• हरितशाद्वले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरित-शाद्वल (प्रातिपदिक; हरित+शाद्वल)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sacred Geography
• Ecological Imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic style of mapping sacred landscapes through vivid environmental markers (waterfalls, sparks/fire, grassy meadows), a common technique for identifying and sacralizing pilgrimage geographies.

Which geographic location is identified?

The fragment indicates a notable mountain peak (śṛṅga) but does not provide a specific toponym here; identification requires adjacent verses or manuscript colophons.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it frames the landscape as a valued cultural-ecological heritage space, encouraging attentive observation and preservation of natural features within sacred geography.