Varaha Purana 122.40: Adhyaya 122, Shloka 40

The Greatness of Kokāmukha

Sacred Site Eulogy and Salvific Narrative

Devanagari script

एतदाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन यद्यहं च तव प्रिया ॥ बहवो भिषजश्चैव नानाशास्त्रविशारदाः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 122.40

Transliteration

etad ācakṣva tattvena yady ahaṃ ca tava priyā || bahavo bhiṣajaś caiva nānāśāstraviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

सच सच बताओ, अगर तुम मुझे प्यारी हूँ। बहुत डॉक्टर हैं इस दुनिया में। वो किताबें पढ़ते हैं और इलाज जानते हैं।

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Word by Word

• एतत्: this (matter)
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आचक्ष्व: tell/declare
• आचक्ष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्त्वेन: truly/in truth
• तत्त्वेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/प्रकारवाचक (by way of truth)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक-समुच्चय (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• तव: your/of you
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रिया: beloved (wife)
• प्रिया: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘प्रिय’ as noun = beloved (wife)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• भिषजः: physicians
• भिषजः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिषज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only/indeed)

• नाना-शास्त्र-विशारदाः: skilled in many sciences/treatises
• नाना-शास्त्र-विशारदाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विशारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘नानाशास्त्रेषु विशारदाः’ (skilled in various treatises)

Speaker

Unspecified (female interlocutor; within default framework: Pṛthivī-like inquirer role)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ayurvedic Cultural History (reference)
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The mention of physicians and śāstra-expertise indicates the broader cultural presence of specialized knowledge traditions alongside Purāṇic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It foregrounds truthful communication (tattvena) and responsible help-seeking when suffering is observed.