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Varaha Purana 71.54: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 54

Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account

एतस्माद्वेदमार्गाद्धि यदन्यदिह जायते । तत्क्षुद्रकर्म विज्ञेयं रौद्रं शौचविवर्जितम् ॥ ७१.५४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 71.54

etasmād vedamārgāddhi yad anyad iha jāyate | tat kṣudrakarma vijñeyaṁ raudraṁ śaucavivarjitam || 71.54 ||

لذلك فإن كلَّ ما ينشأ هنا خارجَ طريقِ الفيدا يُعرَفُ بأنه عملٌ حقيرٌ، ذو طابعٍ عنيفٍ وخالٍ من الطهارة.

एतस्मात्from this
एतस्मात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन
वेदमार्गात्from the Vedic path
वेदमार्गात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (वेदस्य मार्गः), पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), अव्यय; अर्थे—खलु/नूनम् (indeed)
यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
अन्यत्other
अन्यत्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; यत्-शब्दस्य विशेषणम्
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)
जायतेarises / is born
जायते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (is born/comes into being)
तत्that
तत्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनुवादक (correlative)
क्षुद्रकर्मpetty act / base practice
क्षुद्रकर्म:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षुद्र + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (क्षुद्रं कर्म), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विज्ञेयम्should be known (as)
विज्ञेयम्:
Kriya (क्रिया/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञा (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे ‘य’ प्रत्यय (gerundive/passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (to be known)
रौद्रम्fierce / cruel
रौद्रम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्षुद्रकर्म-शब्दस्य विशेषणम्
शौचविवर्जितम्devoid of purity
शौचविवर्जितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशौच + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक; वि+वृज्/वर्ज्-धातु से क्त)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (शौचेन विवर्जितम् = शौच-रहितम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्षुद्रकर्म-शब्दस्य विशेषणम्

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
I
Indic Ethics

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It reflects a Purāṇic ethical framework that aligns normative conduct with the veda-mārga, using categories like śauca (purity) and raudra (violence) to evaluate practices and social behaviors in a Dharma-oriented discourse.

No geographic location is explicitly identified in this verse; the focus is ethical and normative rather than topographical.

Actions presented as outside the Vedic normative path are characterized as ethically inferior, associated with violence and a lack of purity—serving as a cautionary classification rather than a detailed legal rule.

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