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Varaha Purana 112.2: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 2

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

तदहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि तव पुण्यफलम् महत् ॥ धरण्युवाच ॥ या त्वया कपिला प्रोक्ता पूर्वमुत्पादिता प्रभो

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.2

tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi tava puṇyaphalaṃ mahat || dharaṇyuvāca || yā tvayā kapilā proktā pūrvam utpāditā prabho

سأبيّن لك الآن الثمرة العظمى للبرّ. قالت بريثيفي: «تلك البقرة كابيلا التي وصفتَها من قبل وأظهرتَها، أيها الربّ—»

तत्that (this matter)
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
सम्प्रवक्ष्यामिI shall explain fully
सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र
तवof you / your
तव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन
पुण्यफलम्fruit of merit
पुण्यफलम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य-फल (प्रातिपदिक; components: पुण्य + फल)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुण्यस्य फलम्)
महत्great
महत्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)
धरणीEarth (Dharaṇī)
धरणी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
याwhich (she)
या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन
कपिलाKapilā (the tawny cow)
कपिला:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन
प्रोक्ताspoken/declared
प्रोक्ता:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+वच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र
पूर्वम्formerly / earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
उत्पादिताproduced/created
उत्पादिता:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत्+पद् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: उत्
प्रभोO Lord
प्रभो:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dialogue
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Dāna Traditions

FAQs

It frames a didactic exchange typical of Purāṇic literature, using a dialogue between Earth (Pṛthivī) and Varāha to introduce a discussion of merit (puṇya) connected to ritual and gifting traditions.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition into the Kapilā-related teaching.

The verse initiates an inquiry into the consequences of meritorious actions, emphasizing careful articulation of ethical and ritual outcomes rather than asserting compulsory belief.

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