Varaha Purana 151.19: Adhyaya 151, Shloka 19

The Sacred Greatness of Lohārgala

The ‘Iron-Bolt’ Tīrtha

Devanagari script

चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्यां मासेन विधिना मम ॥ बलिः प्रदीयते तत्र सर्वकामविशोधनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 151.19

Transliteration

caturviṃśatidvādaśyāṃ māsena vidhinā mama || baliḥ pradīyate tatra sarvakāmaviśodhanaḥ

Translation

مہینے کے مقررہ وقت میں، چوبیسویں دوادشی کو، میری مقررہ وِدھی کے مطابق وہاں بَلی (نذر) پیش کی جاتی ہے—جو تمام خواہشات کو پاک کرنے والی کہی گئی ہے۔

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Word by Word

• चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्याम्: on the twenty-fourth Dvādaśī (tithi)
• चतुर्विंशतिद्वादश्याम्: कालाधिकरण (time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्विंशति + द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: चतुर्विंशति (संख्या) + द्वादशी (तत्पुरुष; 'the 12th (tithi) of the 24th'); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• मासेन: in/within a month; by (the period of) a month
• मासेन: करण/काल (means/time measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; कालपरिमाण/अवधि-प्राय

• विधिना: according to rule; by the prescribed method
• विधिना: करण (means/manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

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

• बलिः: offering (bali)
• बलिः: कर्म (object; in passive construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रदीयते: is given/offered
• प्रदीयते: क्रिया (passive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• सर्वकामविशोधनः: purifying of all desires (removing all wish-related impurities)
• सर्वकामविशोधनः: कर्म-विशेषण (object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + काम + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सर्वकाम (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष 'of all desires') + विशोधन (तत्पुरुष; 'purifier'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies 'बलिः')

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Ritual Calendar
• Vaiṣṇava Practice

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides evidence of calendrical ritual structuring (Dvādaśī-based observances) and localized offering practices, important for reconstructing the lived ritual calendar around tīrthas.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse indicates performance “there” (tatra) but does not supply a toponym; identification depends on adjacent passages and manuscript recensions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Desires are to be disciplined and refined (viśodhana) through regulated observance rather than indulgence.