Varaha Purana 139.22: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 22

The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance

with a Truth-Vow Exemplum

Devanagari script

गीयमानस्य गीतस्य यावदक्षरपङ्क्तयः ॥ तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि इन्द्रलोके महीयते

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 139.22

Transliteration

gīyamānasya gītasya yāvad akṣarapaṅktayaḥ || tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi indraloke mahīyate

Translation

जितने शब्द गाने में होते हैं, उतने हज़ार साल तक वो इंद्र के दुनिया में इज़्ज़त पाता है।

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Word by Word

• gīyamānasya: of (that which is) being sung
• gīyamānasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gīyamāna (कृदन्त; √gai ‘to sing’ धातु, passive present participle)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/Napuṃsaka (contextual), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular); Śānac/मान (present passive participle)

• gītasya: of the song
• gītasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta (कृदन्त; √gai धातु, past passive participle)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) (or Puṃliṅga by usage), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• yāvat: as many as
• yāvat: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure-correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/परिमाणवाचक)
• Form: Parimāṇa-avyaya (correlative: ‘as much as/so long as’)

• akṣara-paṅktayaḥ: lines of syllables
• akṣara-paṅktayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuruṣa: akṣarāṇāṃ paṅktayaḥ (rows/lines of syllables)

• tāvat: that many
• tāvat: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण/measure-correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Parimāṇa-avyaya (correlative: ‘so much/that many’)

• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: thousands of years
• varṣa-sahasrāṇi: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल/temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), Prathamā/Dvitīyā vibhakti (Nom/Acc), Bahuvacana (Plural); tatpuruṣa: varṣāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi (thousands of years)

• indra-loke: in Indraloka
• indra-loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular); tatpuruṣa: indrasya lokaḥ (Indra’s world)

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √mah (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ lakāra (Present), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Ātmanepada; passive/ātmanepada sense ‘is honored/glorified’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Phalaśruti

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a quantification technique (merit measured by akṣaras/lines), relevant to the study of textuality, performance, and reward rhetoric in Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

Indraloka is a celestial realm in Purāṇic cosmology, not a terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Sustained, structured praise is depicted as a disciplined practice yielding elevated recognition.