Varaha Purana 170.14: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 14

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Devanagari script

भविष्यति युवां पुत्रो रूपवान् गुणसंयुतः ॥ सस्यसन्ततिवद्दृश्यः सन्तानो यस्य वै बहु ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 170.14

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati yuvāṃ putro rūpavān guṇasaṃyutaḥ || sasyasantativad dṛśyaḥ santāno yasya vai bahu ||

Translation

Ihr beide werdet einen Sohn haben, schön von Gestalt und mit Tugenden ausgestattet; und seine Nachkommenschaft wird reich erscheinen wie die Folge der Ernten.

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Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: will be / will happen
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/Future sense in context), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• yuvām: you two
• yuvām: Sampradāna/Adhikāra (सम्बन्धित/अधिकार-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), द्वितीया/प्रथमा द्विवचन (dual; form used for 'you two')

• putraḥ: a son
• putraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• rūpavān: handsome
• rūpavān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूपवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) of पुत्रः

• guṇa-saṃyutaḥ: endowed with virtues
• guṇa-saṃyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; √युज्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'endowed with qualities'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of पुत्रः

• sasya-santati-vat: like the succession of crops
• sasya-santati-vat: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्तति (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास ('crop-progeny/continuity') + वत् (possessive-like); अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable-like in comparison)

• dṛśyaḥ: to be seen / appearing as
• dṛśyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; from √दृश्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण of सन्तानः

• santānaḥ: progeny / lineage
• santānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yasya: whose / of whom
• yasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), षष्ठी (genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of whom/whose)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avyaya (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• bahu: many / abundant
• bahu: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; here adverbial sense modifying 'santānaḥ' = 'much/many'

Speaker

Umāpati (Śiva) (inferred from previous verse naming the speaker)

Varaha Avatara Context

Varaha Avatara Context: {"is_varaha_focus":false}

Bhu Devi Dialogue

Bhu Devi Dialogue: {"is_dialogue":true,"speaker_role":"instructor","key_question":"What boon will be granted for the long observance—specifically regarding progeny and lineage?"}

Mathura Mandala

Mathura Mandala: {"is_mathura_related":false}

Dharma Shastra

Dharma Shastra: {"has_dharma_rule":false}

Vrata Mahatmya

Vrata Mahatmya: {"has_vrata":true,"vrata_name":"Putra-prāpti boon (result of putra-hetu anusthāna)","tithi_month":"Result after ten-year observance (per 170.14)","promised_fruit":"Birth of a virtuous, handsome son and abundant lineage likened to continuous crops (sasyasantati)."}

Cosmic Boar Symbolism

Cosmic Boar Symbolism: {"has_symbolism":false}

Philosophical Teaching

Philosophical Teaching: {"has_teaching":true,"teaching_type":"Ethics of progeny and continuity","core_concept":"True ‘santāna’ is not mere birth but guṇa-sampad (virtue) and flourishing continuity, metaphorized as agricultural abundance.","practical_application":"Seek outcomes through dharmic means and value character (guṇa) as the highest blessing in family continuity."}

Subject Matter

Subject Matter: ["Ethics"]

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: śānta

Geographic Context

Type: Sacred encounter space (tīrtha/temple implied)

Cross References

Related Themes: 170.14.0 (Śiva pleased and speaks)

Visual Art Cues

Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Śiva (Umāpati) bestows a clear boon: a radiant son and a flourishing lineage, conveyed with a blessing gesture and serene authority.","item_prompts":["Śiva with blessing hand (varada-mudrā)","devotee couple in añjali","symbolic sheaves of grain/crops to visualize ‘sasyasantati’","haloed divine presence"],"kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural: Śiva central with varada gesture, devotees below; include stylized grain motifs in border to echo the simile.","tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore: gold-leaf aura, ornate throne/arch for Śiva, couple at feet; embossed grain/sheaf motif as auspicious filler.","mysore_prompt":"Mysore: refined Śiva icon, gentle varada, detailed textiles; subtle background with fields or grain emblem.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari: intimate boon scene with lyrical fields in distance, soft colors, expressive faces showing gratitude."}

Audio Atmosphere

Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"Benedictive, triumphant-calm","suggested_raga":"Hamsadhvani","pace":"medium","voice_tone":"clear, authoritative, gracious"}

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Blessing Formulae

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse uses a recognizable boon-formula and an agrarian metaphor, reflecting the social centrality of fertility, lineage, and agricultural abundance in Purāṇic cultural imagination.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named in this verse; it continues the boon narrative connected to the earlier tīrtha setting.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Virtue (guṇa) is presented as a valued attribute alongside prosperity, suggesting an ideal of ethical excellence accompanying good fortune.