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Varaha Purana 161.7: Adhyaya 161, Shloka 7

The Efficacy of the Sacred Forests: The Merit of Pilgrimage to Mathurā’s Twelve Groves

चतुर्थं काम्यकवनं वनानां वनमुत्तमम् ॥ पञ्चमं वै बहुवनं षष्ठं भद्रवनं स्मृतम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 161.7

caturthaṃ kāmyakavanaṃ vanānāṃ vanam uttamam || pañcamaṃ vai bahuvanaṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ bhadravanaṃ smṛtam ||

چوتھا ‘کامیکون’ ہے، جو جنگلات میں نہایت افضل ہے۔ پانچواں ‘بہوون’ ہے؛ چھٹا ‘بھدروَن’ کے نام سے یاد کیا جاتا ہے۔

चतुर्थम्fourth
चतुर्थम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक
काम्यकवनम्Kāmyaka forest
काम्यकवनम्:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम्यक-वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (काम्यकं वनम्)
वनानाम्of forests
वनानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
वनम्forest
वनम्:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
उत्तमम्best/excellent
उत्तमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
पञ्चमम्fifth
पञ्चमम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed/assuredly)
बहुवनम्Bahuvana (many-grove)
बहुवनम्:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootबहु-वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (बहु वनम्/बहुवनम् नाम)
षष्ठम्sixth
षष्ठम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक
भद्रवनम्Bhadravana (auspicious grove)
भद्रवनम्:
Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र-वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (भद्रं वनम्)
स्मृतम्is called/remembered
स्मृतम्:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is said/remembered (as)’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Geography
C
Cultural Heritage
E
Ecological Ethics

FAQs

Such enumerations function as textual maps, supporting the study of how sacred landscapes were organized and transmitted.

Forest toponyms within the Mathurā/Braj cultural zone: Kāmyakavana, Bahuvana, Bhadravana.

The framing of forests as 'uttama' encourages valuing and safeguarding natural spaces as heritage environments.

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