Varaha Purana 175.19: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 19

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

सुनखी स्वक्षिणी सुभ्रूः सुप्रमाणा सुभाषिणी ॥ तेन तेनैव सम्पूर्णरूपेण च तिलोत्तमा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.19

Transliteration

sunakhī svakṣiṇī subhrūḥ supramāṇā subhāṣiṇī | tena tenaiva sampūrṇarūpeṇa ca tilottamā ||

Translation

She had fine nails, beautiful eyes, and lovely brows; her proportions were excellent and her speech was pleasing. In each respect, she appeared as Tilottamā herself, complete in form.

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Word by Word

• सु-नखी: having beautiful nails
• सु-नखी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + नखिन्/नखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु + नखी)

• स्व-अक्षिणी: having lovely eyes
• स्व-अक्षिणी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सुन्दर/स्व-नेत्रा)

• सु-भ्रूः: having beautiful eyebrows
• सु-भ्रूः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• सु-प्रमाणा: well-proportioned
• सु-प्रमाणा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• सु-भाषिणी: sweet-speaking
• सु-भाषिणी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + भाषिन् (प्रातिपदिक; from √भाष्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by that/with that’

• तेन: by that (again)
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘in that very way/with that’

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• सम्पूर्ण-रूपेण: with complete form/beauty
• सम्पूर्ण-रूपेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सम्पूर्णं रूपम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तिलोत्तमा: Tilottamā (the apsaras)
• तिलोत्तमा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलोत्तमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

Speaker

Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Mythology
• Sanskrit Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse shows how Purāṇic texts employ shared mythic figures (Tilottamā) as literary shorthand for idealized beauty, aiding intertextual study across epic–Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive and does not present an explicit ethical teaching.