Varaha Purana 143.6: Adhyaya 143, Shloka 6

Exposition of the Glory of the Mandāra Sacred Grove

Devanagari script

मन्दारे कानि कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति च ततो नराः ॥ कांश्च लोकान्प्रपद्यन्ते तत्र कर्मकृतो नराः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 143.6

Transliteration

mandāre kāni karmāṇi kurvanti ca tato narāḥ || kāṃś ca lokān prapadyante tatra karmakṛto narāḥ

Translation

मंदारा में लोग क्या क्या करते हैं? और वो काम कर के कौन से लोक जाते हैं? यह सब बताइए।

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Word by Word

• मन्दारे: in/at Mandāra
• मन्दारे: अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• कानि: which/what (kinds of)
• कानि: विशेषण (of कर्माणि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; interrogative pronoun used adjectivally (agreeing with कर्माणि)

• कर्माणि: actions/deeds
• कर्माणि: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• कुर्वन्ति: do/perform
• कुर्वन्ति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; 3rd person plural

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• ततः: from there/thereafter
• ततः: हेतु/अपादान-भाव (Source/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः इत्यर्थे अव्यय; adverb (from there/thereafter)

• नराः: people/men
• नराः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• कान्: which (worlds)
• कान्: विशेषण (of लोकान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; interrogative pronoun used adjectivally (agreeing with लोकान्)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय; conjunction

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• प्रपद्यन्ते: attain/enter
• प्रपद्यन्ते: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पद् (धातु) (आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; 3rd person plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (स्थान/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय; adverb of place

• कर्मकृतः: doers of deeds
• कर्मकृतः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; समासः: कर्म करोति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• नराः: people/men
• नराः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural (apposition to कर्मकृतः)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Dharaṇī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Tīrtha Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the māhātmya structure: an inquiry about prescribed practices at a site and the promised results, useful for cataloging ritual ecology and pilgrimage-literature patterns.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mandāra is the focal location, previously described as situated by the Jāhnavī and connected with the Vindhya region.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames practice as accountable action: it asks not only what is done at a place, but also what outcomes such actions are understood to lead toward.