Varaha Purana 144.37: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 37

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं प्रीतः प्रणतवत्सलः ॥ गण्डकि त्वां प्रसन्नोऽस्मि तपसा विस्मितोऽनघे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 144.37

Transliteration

uvāca madhuraṁ vākyaṁ prītaḥ praṇatavatsalaḥ || gaṇḍaki tvāṁ prasanno'smi tapasā vismito'naghe ||

Translation

Erfreut und liebevoll zu der, die sich ehrfürchtig verneigt, sprach er süße Worte: „O Gaṇḍakī, ich bin dir wohlgesinnt; durch deine Askese bin ich erstaunt, o Makellose.“

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Word by Word

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

• मधुरम्: sweet
• मधुरम्: Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वाक्यम्)

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) ‘pleased’

• प्रणत-वत्सलः: kind to the submissive
• प्रणत-वत्सलः: Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (pranateṣu vatsalaḥ) ‘affectionate to the bowed’

• गण्डकि: O Gaṇḍakī
• गण्डकि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण्डकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रसन्नः: gracious/pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (अस्मि)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) ‘astonished’

• अनघे: O sinless one
• अनघे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Bhakti Motifs
• Ethical Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative hinge: ascetic effort culminates in a theophany, where divine approval authorizes the next stage (the granting of a boon).

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit toponym appears in this verse; it belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative frame where rivers/regions are sacralized through encounter episodes.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse elevates humility (praṇāma) and disciplined practice (tapas) as virtues that transform the moral status of the practitioner and the narrative landscape.