Varaha Purana 7.22: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 22

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Devanagari script

अत्र पिण्डप्रदानेन एतौ तव पितामहौ । दुर्गतावपि संसिद्धौ पापकृद्विकृतिं गतौ ॥ ७.२२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 7.22

Transliteration

atra piṇḍapradānena etau tava pitāmahau | durgatāv api saṃsiddhau pāpakṛd-vikṛtiṃ gatau || 7.22 ||

Translation

Hier haben durch die Darbringung des Piṇḍa diese beiden Großväter von dir—obgleich in einen unheilvollen Zustand gefallen—Vollendung erlangt, da sie den durch sündhaftes Tun bewirkten entstellten Zustand überschritten haben.

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Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• पिण्डप्रदानेन: by offering the piṇḍa (funeral ball)
• पिण्डप्रदानेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (पिण्डस्य प्रदानम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• पितामहौ: (your) two grandfathers
• पितामहौ: Apposition/Relation (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन

• दुर्गतौ: in misfortune/bad state
• दुर्गतौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative); द्विवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-निपात (particle: even/also)

• संसिद्धौ: fully accomplished/liberated
• संसिद्धौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन; विशेषण (एतौ/पितामहौ)

• पापकृत्: sin-doing/sinful
• पापकृत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन; (पापं करोति इति उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-प्रायः); विशेषण

• विकृतिम्: deformity/perversion
• विकृतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• गतौ: having gone/attained
• गतौ: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle ‘gone/attained’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; द्विवचन; ‘एतौ’ इत्यस्य विधेय

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework when unspecified)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma-śāstra Contexts

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic articulation of Śrāddha-related customs, presenting piṇḍa-dāna as a culturally significant rite associated with improving the post-mortem condition of ancestors—useful for understanding ritual history and normative ethics in Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; the deictic term “atra” (“here”) implies a previously mentioned sacred or ritually efficacious location in the surrounding passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes filial responsibility and ethical continuity across generations, presenting ritual giving (piṇḍa-dāna) as a means of addressing the consequences of harmful actions and supporting ancestral welfare within the text’s moral framework.