Varaha Purana 144.143: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 143

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

दिव्यवर्षशतं तेपे विष्णुं चिन्तयती तदा ॥ ततः साक्षाज्जगन्नाथो हरिर्भक्तजनप्रियः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.143

Transliteration

divya-varṣa-śataṃ tepe viṣṇuṃ cintayatī tadā || tataḥ sākṣāj jagannātho harir bhakta-jana-priyaḥ ||

Translation

उसने विष्णु को याद करते हुए सौ साल तक तपस्या की। सौ साल बाद हरि आया। वो दुनिया का मालिक है, भक्तों को बहुत प्यारा है, सीधा सामने प्रकट हुआ।

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Word by Word

• दिव्यवर्षशतम्: a hundred divine years
• दिव्यवर्षशतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य-वर्ष-शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: दिव्यानि वर्षाणि (कर्मधारय) + शतम् (dvigu-like numeral compound in sense: 'a hundred years')

• तेपे: performed austerity; did penance
• तेपे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चिन्तयती: meditating on; thinking of
• चिन्तयती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्तय् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of implied subject, e.g., देवी)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-adverb: then)

• ततः: thereupon; from that
• ततः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादान/क्रमसूचक: from that/thereupon)

• साक्षात्: directly; manifestly
• साक्षात्: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: directly, in person)

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: जगतः नाथः (genitive tatpuruṣa)

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जगन्नाथः इति समानाधिकरण

• भक्तजनप्रियः: dear to devotees
• भक्तजनप्रियः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्त-जन-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: भक्तानां जनानां प्रियः (tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Varāha (default narration; subject ‘she’ is unspecified in the excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Tapas Narratives
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Theophany

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It represents a widespread Purāṇic motif: tapas (austerity) and focused contemplation function as narrative mechanisms that authorize revelation and divine encounter.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name is provided in this excerpted verse; the setting is narrative rather than explicitly geographic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It valorizes sustained discipline and concentration as means of moral-spiritual transformation, presented in a culturally normative narrative idiom.