Varaha Purana 148.5: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 5

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

एतच्छास्त्रं महाभागे प्रयुक्तं लीलया मया ॥ वराहरूपमादाय सर्वभागवतप्रियम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.5

Transliteration

etacchāstraṃ mahābhāge prayuktaṃ līlayā mayā || varāharūpamādāya sarvabhāgavatapriyam ||

Translation

O Edle und Hochbegnadete, in heiterer Leichtigkeit habe ich diese Lehrschrift dargelegt; indem ich die Gestalt Varāhas annehme, spreche ich, was allen Bhāgavata-Frommen lieb ist.

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Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally

• शास्त्रम्: treatise/scripture
• शास्त्रम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभागे: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; महा+भाग (कर्मधारय)

• प्रयुक्तम्: used/employed
• प्रयुक्तम्: कर्मणि-भाव (Karmaṇi bhāva; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-युज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘employed/used’

• लीलया: playfully, as a sport
• लीलया: करण (Karaṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• वराहरूपम्: the form of a boar (Varāha-form)
• वराहरूपम्: कर्म (Karma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वराहस्य रूपम्)

• आदाय: having assumed/taken
• आदाय: पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वभागवतप्रियम्: dear to all devotees (Bhāgavatas)
• सर्वभागवतप्रियम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + भागवत + प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: सर्वेषां भागवतानां प्रियम्

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a self-referential framing typical of Purāṇic literature, presenting the discourse as śāstra while also emphasizing the narrative persona (Varāha) through which instruction is delivered.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; it primarily introduces the didactic mode and speaker identity.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds authoritative instruction (śāstra) delivered in a communicative, accessible manner, preparing the audience for subsequent ethical and cultural-heritage guidance.