Varaha Purana 147.46: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 46

The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa

the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release

Devanagari script

तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ॥ अथात्र मुंचते प्राणान्स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 147.46

Transliteration

tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi brahmaloke mahīyate || athātra muñcate prāṇān svakarmapariniṣṭhitaḥ ||

Translation

So viele Tausende von Jahren wird er in Brahmaloka geehrt. Dann, wenn er hier den Lebenshauch hingibt, standhaft in den eigenen Werken, [so wird dieser Weg beschrieben].

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Word by Word

• तावत्: for that long
• तावत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Measure)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रमाणवाचक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रमाण/परिमाणवाचक (so much/for that long)

• वर्षसहस्राणि: thousands of years
• वर्षसहस्राणि: Karma (कर्म/Extent of time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; वर्ष + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वर्षाणां सहस्राणि = thousands of years)

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored, is exalted
• महीयते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (is honored/glorified)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• मुंचते: releases, gives up
• मुंचते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः: steadfast in his own duties
• स्वकर्मपरिनिष्ठितः: Karta (कर्ता/Agent, implied)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व-कर्म-परि-निष्ठित (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + कर्म + परिनिष्ठित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः (स्वकर्मणि परिनिष्ठितः = devoted/steadfast in one’s own duties); विशेषणं (कर्ता implied)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Cosmology
• Pilgrimage Studies
• Soteriology in Texts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic cosmological layering (worlds like Brahmaloka) used to articulate moral causality and the valuation of place-based practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers to “here” (atra) within the already-defined kṣetra circuit; the precise location depends on the immediately preceding toponyms in the chapter.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Steadfastness in one’s duties (svakarma) is foregrounded as a qualifying condition within the merit narrative.