Varaha Purana 175.23: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 23

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Uttara Bhāga · Tīrtha–Māhātmya and Courtly/Social Narrative (Devagartteśvara–Śiva; Kānyakubja episode)

Devanagari script

प्रवर्त्तते सुवित्ताढ्य प्रेक्षणीयं मनोरमम् ॥ वादित्राणि च गीतानि शक्रस्य भवने यथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.23

Transliteration

pravarttate suvittāḍhya prekṣaṇīyaṃ manoramam | vāditrāṇi ca gītāni śakrasya bhavane yathā ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

مضى الأمر في بهاءٍ عظيم، غنيًّا بالموارد—ممتعًا للنظر جديرًا بالمشاهدة. وكانت هناك آلاتُ طربٍ وأغانٍ، كأنها في قصر شَكْرَة (إندرا).

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Word by Word

• pravartate: proceeds / takes place
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: pra√vṛt (धातु)

• su-vitta-āḍhya: rich in good wealth
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + vitta (प्रातिपदिक) + āḍhya (प्रातिपदिक)

• prekṣaṇīyam: worth seeing
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be seen')
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: pra√īkṣ (धातु) + anīya (कृत् प्रत्यय)

• manoramam: charming
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)

• vāditrāṇi: musical instruments
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: vāditra (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• gītāni: songs
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन (plural)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: gīta (प्रातिपदिक)

• śakrasya: of Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन
• Role: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhavane: in the palace/house
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)

• yathā: as / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (indeclinable of comparison/manner)
• Role: Upamāna/Prakāra (उपमान/प्रकार)
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• suvittāḍhya = su-vitta-āḍhya (स्वर-सन्धि: a + ā → ā)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shringara rasaSetting: Ritual-festival space / temple precinct

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ritual aesthetics (yajña as public dharma)

Subjects

Ritual CultureCourtly CulturePoetics

Core idea

Ritual is not only offering but also ordered beauty—sound (vāditra, gīta) and abundance become signs of dharmic prosperity.

In practice

In Purāṇic reading, note how sensory richness is used to mark a rite as successful (sampanna) and socially integrative.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Performing Arts History
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves terminology for music and spectacle associated with ritual patronage, offering a window into cultural performance motifs in Purāṇic narrative.

Which geographic location is identified?

No new place-name appears here; the verse uses a mythic comparison to Śakra’s (Indra’s) palace.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical rule is stated; the verse emphasizes the grandeur and public visibility of patronized ritual events.