Varaha Purana 174.87: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 87

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

प्राप्तं तीर्थप्रभावस्य श्रवणान्मुक्तिदं फलम् ॥ तिलकं सर्वधर्माणां पञ्चप्रेतत्वमुक्तिदम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.87

Transliteration

prāptaṃ tīrthaprabhāvasya śravaṇānmuktidaṃ phalam || tilakaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ pañcapretatvamuktidam

Translation

Durch das Hören von der Macht der heiligen Furt erlangt man eine Frucht, die Befreiung schenkt; sie ist das «Tilaka» aller Dharmas und gewährt Erlösung aus dem Zustand, zu den fünf «Preta»-Daseinsformen zu gehören.

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Word by Word

• प्राप्तम्: obtained
• प्राप्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle), ‘obtained/attained’

• तीर्थ-प्रभावस्य: of the power of the tīrtha
• तीर्थ-प्रभावस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य प्रभावः)

• श्रवणात्: from hearing
• श्रवणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/ablative), एकवचन

• मुक्ति-दम्: giving liberation
• मुक्ति-दम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/acc.), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म/acc.), एकवचन

• तिलकम्: tilaka/mark (here: a foremost mark/ornament)
• तिलकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्व-धर्माणाम्: of all dharmas
• सर्व-धर्माणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (सर्वे धर्माः)

• पञ्च-प्रेतत्व-मुक्ति-दम्: granting release from the state of the five pretas
• पञ्च-प्रेतत्व-मुक्ति-दम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रेतत्व (प्रातिपदिक) + मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पञ्चप्रेतत्वात् मुक्तिं ददाति इति)

Speaker

Varāha (default, not explicitly marked)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Dharma Traditions
• Pilgrimage Studies
• Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates the Purāṇic elevation of ‘hearing’ (śravaṇa) as a mode of religious-literary participation, suggesting a culture where oral transmission and public recitation carried recognized salvific value.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single site is named in the verse itself; it refers generally to a tīrtha’s ‘prabhāva’ (efficacy), within the Sarasvatī-saṅgama context of the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text frames attentive listening to dharmic narratives as a valued practice with moral and existential consequences.