Varaha Purana 147.5: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 5

The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa

the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release

Devanagari script

सप्ततिर्यत्र कल्पानि और्वो यत्र प्रजापतिः ॥ तपश्चचार परमं मम मायाबलान्वितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 147.5

Transliteration

saptatir yatra kalpāni aurvo yatra prajāpatiḥ || tapaś cacāra paramaṁ mama māyā-balānvitaḥ

Translation

वहाँ और्व नाम का रिशि था। वो प्रजापति था। सत्तर कल्प तक वहाँ तपस्या की। उसमें मेरी माया की ताकत थी।

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Word by Word

• saptatiḥ: seventy
• saptatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; numeral noun

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• kalpāni: aeons (kalpas)
• kalpāni: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural (or Napumsaka Nom/Acc Pl depending on tradition; here 'kalpān' intended); object of implied duration

• aurvaḥ: Aurva (sage)
• aurvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aurva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; proper name (sage Aurva)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Relative adverb

• prajāpatiḥ: Prajāpati (lord of creatures)
• prajāpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tapaḥ: austerity, penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular

• cacāra: performed/practised
• cacāra: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• paramam: supreme, intense
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular; qualifying tapaḥ

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• māyā-bala-anvitaḥ: endowed with māyā-power
• māyā-bala-anvitaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (instrumental sense): 'endowed with power of māyā' qualifying (aurvaḥ/prajāpatiḥ) per context

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ascetic Traditions
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It integrates cosmic time (kalpa) with a specific sacred locality, a hallmark of Purāṇic mapping of the world through mythic chronology.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers to the same sacred site previously introduced (Goniṣkrama/Himaśṛṅga context), but does not provide new locational markers.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It elevates disciplined practice (tapas) as a means of transformation, presented within a culturally encoded landscape.