Varaha Purana 123.2: Adhyaya 123, Shloka 2

The Greatness of Fragrant Flowers and Leaves: Prabodhinī (Awakening) Observances and Seasonal Rites

Devanagari script

धरण्युवाच॥ अहो प्रभावः कोकाया माहात्म्यं क्रोडरूपिणः॥ तिर्यग्योनिगतो वापि प्राप्तो यत्परमां गतिम्॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 123.2

Transliteration

dharaṇy uvāca || aho prabhāvaḥ kokāyā māhātmyaṃ kroḍarūpiṇaḥ || tiryagyonigato vāpi prāpto yat paramāṃ gatim

Translation

قالت دهَرَني: «آهٍ، ما أعظم الأثر! تلك هي عظمة كوكَا، وعظمة الربّ المتجسّد في هيئة الخنزير البريّ. فإن من دخل رحمَ الحيوان أيضًا قد ينال، بفضل ذلك، المقام الأعلى».

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Word by Word

• धरणी: Dharaṇī (Earth)
• धरणी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• अहो: ah!/oh!
• अहो: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), विस्मयादिबोधक (exclamation particle)

• प्रभावः: power/effect
• प्रभावः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• कोकायाः: of Kokā
• कोकायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness/glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• क्रोडरूपिणः: of the one having boar-form
• क्रोडरूपिणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोड + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘boar-formed’), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of (तस्य) implied

• तिर्यग्योनिगतः: having gone to an animal birth
• तिर्यग्योनिगतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् + योनि + गत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘gone to an animal-womb’), क्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), विकल्पार्थक (or)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Avyaya), अप्यर्थ (even/also)

• प्राप्तः: attained
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• यत्: that/whereby
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् (relative particle), कारण/यत्-तत् सम्बन्ध (since/that)

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of गतिम्

• गतिम्: state/goal
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (fem.), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Soteriology
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the māhātmya genre’s expansive soteriology, extending salvific possibility beyond human social categories—an important feature in Purāṇic ethical imagination.

Which geographic location is identified?

‘Kokā’ is referenced as a named sacred locus/theme, but the excerpt does not supply coordinates or an unambiguous modern correlate.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral and ritual efficacy is portrayed as accessible even to marginalized states of existence (tiryag-yoni), emphasizing inclusivity of spiritual aspiration within the narrative logic.