Varaha Purana 144.58: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 58

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

Devanagari script

हरिष्यसि महापापं वाङ्मनःकायसम्भवम्॥ यः स्नास्यति विधानॆन देवर्षिपितृतर्पकः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.58

Transliteration

hariṣyasi mahāpāpaṁ vāṅmanaḥkāyasambhavam || yaḥ snāsyati vidhānena devarṣipitṛtarpa­kaḥ ||

Translation

तुम बड़े पाप मिटा दोगी। वो पाप जो बोलने से, सोचने से, या करने से होता है। जो शख्स सही तरीके से नहाता है, और देवता, रिशि, और अपने पुरखों को तर्पण करता है।

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Word by Word

• हरिष्यसि: you will remove
• हरिष्यसि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada (you will remove)

• महा-पापम्: great sin
• महा-पापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of हरिष्यसि

• वाक्-मनः-काय-सम्भवम्: arising from speech, mind, and body
• वाक्-मनः-काय-सम्भवम्: Karma (कर्म/ qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + काय (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः; वाक्-मनः-कायात् सम्भवम् = arising from speech, mind, and body; qualifies महापापम्

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• स्नास्यति: will bathe
• स्नास्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada (he will bathe)

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (करणम्/ manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; instrumental (according to rule/rite)

• देव-ऋषि-पितृ-तर्पकः: a satisfier (offerer) to gods, sages, and ancestors
• देव-ऋषि-पितृ-तर्पकः: Karta (कर्ता/ apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + तर्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-समासः; देवऋषिपितॄन् तर्पयति इति तर्पकः = one who offers satisfaction/oblations to gods, sages, and ancestors

Speaker

Varāha (Viṣṇu as instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma Literature
• Pilgrimage Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a triadic ethical anthropology (speech–mind–body) and integrates it with ritual bathing and tarpaṇa, illuminating Purāṇic models of moral repair.

Which geographic location is identified?

The river Gaṇḍakī is the implied locus; the verse describes its purificatory efficacy in a tīrtha framework.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ethical responsibility across speech, thought, and action is emphasized; purification is presented as aligned with orderly, rule-governed conduct (vidhi).