Varaha Purana 137.3: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 3

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

इति गृध्रजम्बूकोपाख्यानं समाप्तम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.3

Transliteration

iti gṛdhra-jambūkopākhyānaṁ samāptam

Translation

तोह यह कहानी खत्म हो गई। गिद्ध और गिद्दड़ की यह पूरी कहानी यहीं पे खत्म।

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Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक/समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative/closing particle)

• गृध्र-जम्बूक-उपाख्यानम्: the tale of the vulture and the jackal
• गृध्र-जम्बूक-उपाख्यानम्: कर्म/विधेय (Predicate noun; 'is ended')
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जम्बूक (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'गृध्रजम्बूकयोः उपाख्यानम्'

• समाप्तम्: finished / concluded
• समाप्तम्: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आप् (धातु) → समाप्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Sūta (default for colophons/editorial closures in Purāṇic style)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Manuscript Colophon
• Narrative Framing

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such closure formulas are important for manuscript segmentation and critical editing, marking boundaries of embedded tales (upākhyānas) within larger Purāṇic chapters.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; this is a structural/narratological marker.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction is stated; it functions as an editorial conclusion to a didactic episode.