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Varaha Purana 155.7: Adhyaya 155, Shloka 7

The Efficacy and Sacred Merit of Akrūra Tīrtha

नाम्ना तु सुधनो नाम मम भक्तः सदैव हि ॥ धनधान्यसमायुक्तः सुतयुक्तः सदैव हि ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 155.7

nāmnā tu sudhano nāma mama bhaktaḥ sadaiva hi || dhanadhānyasamāyuktaḥ sutayuktaḥ sadaiva hi

Se llama Sudhana, y en verdad es siempre mi devoto; está provisto de riquezas y de grano, y siempre posee hijos, signo de prosperidad familiar.

नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; adverbial use ‘by name’
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (emphasis/contrast)
सुधनःSudhana (name)
सुधनः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसु-धन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name; कर्मधारय: सु + धन (‘good/wealthy’)
नामnamed/called
नाम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; indeclinable used as quotative ‘named’
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध/Genitive), एकवचन; pronoun
भक्तःdevotee
भक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सदैवalways
सदैव:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा + एव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्ययीभाव (adverb): सदा + एव
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (emphasis/indeed)
धनधान्यसमायुक्तःendowed with wealth and grain
धनधान्यसमायुक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootधन + धान्य + समा-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to भक्तः/सुधनः; तत्पुरुष (समास): धन-धान्य-समायुक्त (‘endowed with wealth and grain’)
सुतयुक्तःhaving children
सुतयुक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुत + युक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective; तत्पुरुष: सुत-युक्त (‘having sons/children’)
सदैवalways
सदैव:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा + एव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्ययीभाव (adverb)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
P
Puranic Narrative
D
Dharma (Vrata)

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It presents a Purāṇic narrative trope linking social prosperity (wealth, grain, family) with sustained devotional practice, useful for studying vrata-culture and household religiosity in Sanskrit literature.

No specific location is named in this verse.

The verse foregrounds constancy in devotion as a defining trait of an exemplary householder, without prescribing sectarian superiority.

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