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Varaha Purana 122.3: Adhyaya 122, Shloka 3

The Greatness of Kokāmukha

Sacred Site Eulogy and Salvific Narrative

बाल्ये वयस्यपि च यो मम नित्यमनुव्रतः ॥ येन केनापि सन्तुष्टो यो मातापितृपूजकः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 122.3

bālye vayasy api ca yo mama nityam anuvrataḥ || yena kenāpi santuṣṭo yo mātāpitṛpūjakaḥ

जो बचपन से कर जवानी तक मेरे पीछे रहता है। जो जो मिलता है उसमें खुश रहता है। और अपने माँ बाप की पूजा करता है।

बाल्येin childhood
बाल्ये:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
वयसिin youth/at age
वयसि:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (also/even)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
ममmy/of me
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
अनुव्रतःdevoted/following (my vow)
अनुव्रतः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (devoted/following)
येनby which/with whatever
येन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
केनby what/with anything
केन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
अपिeven/any
अपि:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic/indefinite: 'even/any')
सन्तुष्टःcontent/satisfied
सन्तुष्टः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसन्तुष्ट (कृदन्त; सम् + तुष् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
मातापितृपूजकःworshipper of mother and father
मातापितृपूजकः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमाता + पितृ + पूजक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (माता च पितृ च) + तत्पुरुष/उपपद (पूजकः = worshipper)

Varāha (continued discourse context)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Ethics
V
Vaiṣṇavism

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The verse outlines an ethical-ascetic ideal integrating devotion, contentment, and filial duty—recurring themes in Purāṇic moral instruction.

No geographic location is identified in this verse.

Sustain devotion, cultivate contentment, and honor parents as a core component of disciplined life.

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