Varaha Purana 144.77: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 77

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

Devanagari script

विस्मितस्तु तदोवाच कथं नाद्यापि मे हरिः ॥ दृग्गोचरत्‍वमायाति जातं चेत्तपसः फलम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.77

Transliteration

vismitas tu tadovāca kathaṃ nādyāpi me hariḥ || dṛg-gocaratvam āyāti jātaṃ cet tapasaḥ phalam

Translation

रिशि हैरान रह गया और बोला, अगर मेरा तप पूरा हुआ है, तो हरि अब तक मेरे सामने क्यों नहीं आया?

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Word by Word

• विस्मितः: astonished
• विस्मितः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-स्मि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘astonished’

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (today/now)

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपेक्षा-निपात (also/even)

• मे: my / to me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दृक्: sight
• दृक्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-समर्थ (in compound); ‘of sight/eye’

• गोचरत्वम्: being within the range of vision
• गोचरत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोचर + त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: तत्पुरुष (दृग्गोचरत्वम् = दृशः गोचरत्वम्)

• आयाति: comes / occurs
• आयाति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जातम्: has arisen
• जातम्: Kriyā (क्रिया/परिणाम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘has arisen’

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Hetu/Śarta (हेतु/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit / result
• फलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a reflective strand in Purāṇic literature: the practitioner interrogates the relationship between effort (tapas) and experiential confirmation (darśana).

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It encourages critical self-inquiry and patience regarding the timing and nature of perceived outcomes from disciplined practice.