Varaha Purana 138.51: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 51

The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird

and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit

Devanagari script

गमने कृतसंकल्पौ ततः सौकरवं प्रति ॥ सर्वद्रव्यसमायुक्तौ गतौ सौकरवं प्रति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 138.51

Transliteration

gamane kṛtasaṃkalpau tataḥ saukaravaṃ prati || sarvadravyasamāyuktau gatau saukaravaṃ prati

Translation

दोनों ने फैसला किया कि चलना है। फिर सौकरव की तरफ निकल दिए। सारा सामान ले के दोनों सौकरव गए।

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Word by Word

• गमने: in (the matter of) going / at departure
• गमने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gamana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; 'in/for going' (context: at the time of departure)

• कृत-संकल्पौ: having resolved / determined
• कृत-संकल्पौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; past passive participle from कृ) + saṃkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष sense: 'having made a resolve'; agrees with implied 'they two'

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb; ablatival sense 'then/from there')

• सौकरवम्: Saukarava
• सौकरवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukarava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (directional)

• सर्व-द्रव्य-समायुक्तौ: equipped with all provisions
• सर्व-द्रव्य-समायुक्तौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + dravya (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from सम्+आ+युज्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; multi-member tatpuruṣa: 'endowed with all goods/necessities'; agrees with dual subject

• गतौ: went / having gone
• गतौ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Dual; past participle used predicatively

• सौकरवम्: Saukarava
• सौकरवम्: Karma (कर्म/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saukarava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (directional)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sacred Geography
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a literary pattern where movement to a named site frames the next doctrinal or narrative segment, supporting the mapping of Purāṇic sacred geographies.

Which geographic location is identified?

Saukarava is identified as the destination; the excerpt does not provide enough detail for a definitive modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Purposeful resolve (saṃkalpa) and preparedness are presented as prerequisites for undertaking culturally meaningful journeys.