Varaha Purana 105.15: Adhyaya 105, Shloka 15

Ritual Procedure for the Gift of the Milk-Cow

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Devanagari script

क्रीडित्वा सुचिरं कालं विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति ॥ द्वादशादित्यसंकाशे विमानवरमण्डिते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 105.15

Transliteration

krīḍitvā suciraṁ kālaṁ viṣṇulokaṁ sa gacchati || dvādaśādityasaṅkāśe vimānavaramaṇḍite

Translation

बहुत लंबा टाइम तक वहाँ एंजॉय करने के बाद वो विष्णु के लोक में जाता है। वहाँ एक शानदार गाड़ी है जो बारह सूरज जैसी चमकती है।

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Word by Word

• krīḍitvā: having played/sported
• krīḍitvā: Kriyā (क्रिया/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krīḍ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), pūrvakāla-kriyā

• suciram: for a long time
• suciram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Duration)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sucira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular); kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial accusative)

• kālam: time (period)
• kālam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण/Time span)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular); kāla-accusative of duration

• viṣṇulokam: Viṣṇu’s world
• viṣṇulokam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular); tatpuruṣa: viṣṇoḥ lokaḥ

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga (masc), Prathamā vibhakti (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (singular)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (present/लट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd/प्रथम), Ekavacana (singular), Parasmaipada

• dvādaśāditya-saṅkāśe: in/with (a radiance) like twelve suns
• dvādaśāditya-saṅkāśe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅkāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/napuṁsaka (contextual), Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); tatpuruṣa: dvādaśānām ādityānām saṅkāśaḥ = 'resembling twelve suns'; agrees with 'vimāna...maṇḍite' (locative)

• vimāna-vara-maṇḍite: in/with an excellent, adorned aerial car
• vimāna-vara-maṇḍite: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √maṇḍ धातु)
• Form: Puṁliṅga/napuṁsaka, Saptamī vibhakti (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (singular); tatpuruṣa: varena vimānena maṇḍitaḥ = 'adorned with an excellent vimāna' (locative describing setting/vehicle)

Speaker

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇava cosmology
• Vimāna imagery
• Merit narratives

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a layered cosmology where merit leads through graded realms, culminating in a distinctly Vaiṣṇava destination, expressed through standardized poetic similes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly site is identified; Viṣṇuloka is a cosmological realm.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ethical-ritual generosity is presented as producing long-term, orderly consequences within a moral cosmos.