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Varaha Purana 149.41: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 41

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

त्यक्त्वा वैखानसान् लोकान्मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ तत्रापि परमाश्चर्यं कथ्यमानं शृणुष्व मे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 149.41

tyaktvā vaikhānasān lokān mama lokaṁ sa gacchati || tatrāpi paramāścaryaṁ kathyamānaṁ śṛṇuṣva me ||

Nachdem er die Vaikhānasa-Welten verlassen hat, gelangt er in meine Welt. Und auch dort, höre mich an, wenn ich ein höchstes Wunder berichte.

त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
Purvakala-Kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund/absolutive)
वैखानसान्Vaikhānasa (as qualifier)
वैखानसान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैखानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (लोकान्)
लोकान्worlds
लोकान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन
ममmy/of me
मम:
Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन
लोकम्world/realm
लोकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
गच्छतिgoes/attains
गच्छति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलट् लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-कार अव्यय (also/even)
परमाश्चर्यम्a great wonder
परमाश्चर्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपरम + आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (supreme wonder)
कथ्यमानम्being told/being narrated
कथ्यमानम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formशानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (परमाश्चर्यम्)
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
मेto me/of me
मे:
Shashthi-Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; अत्र प्रायः षष्ठी (of me)

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
N
Narratology

FAQs

It shows a common Purāṇic pedagogical device: cosmological reward statements followed by a rhetorical pivot to further ‘marvels,’ structuring oral-style instruction.

No earthly location is specified; ‘mama loka’ denotes the speaker’s realm within the text’s cosmological schema.

The passage reinforces a graded cosmology of outcomes tied to disciplined practice and devotion, culminating in access to the speaker’s realm.

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