Varaha Purana 136.111: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 111

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

आरोग्यानां महारोग्यं मङ्गलानां तु मङ्गलम् ॥ रत्नानां परमं रत्नं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.111

Transliteration

ārogyānāṁ mahārogyaṁ maṅgalānāṁ tu maṅgalam || ratnānāṁ paramaṁ ratnaṁ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

Unter den Formen der Gesundheit ist es die große Gesundheit; unter dem Glückverheißenden ist es das Glückverheißende; unter den Juwelen ist es das höchste Juwel — ein Vernichter aller Sünde.

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Word by Word

• ārogyānām: of healths; of well-being
• ārogyānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mahā-ārogyam: great health
• mahā-ārogyam: Pradhāna (विधेय/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ārogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound noun (कर्मधारय), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• maṅgalānām: of auspicious things
• maṅgalānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• maṅgalam: auspiciousness; blessing
• maṅgalam: Pradhāna (विधेय/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṅgala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• ratnānām: of jewels
• ratnānām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• paramam: supreme; highest
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ratnam

• ratnam: jewel
• ratnam: Pradhāna (विधेय/प्रधान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: destroyer of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-praṇāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + pāpa + praṇāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound (तत्पुरुष; genitive relation understood: ‘of all sins’), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/1 or द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); used as predicate/epithet

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Praise-Style (stuti)
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse uses a common Purāṇic rhetorical form—ranking metaphors (health, auspiciousness, jewel)—to promote a practice/text as culturally valuable and morally purifying.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames the praised practice/text as morally corrective (removing pāpa), encouraging adherence through value metaphors rather than legal command.