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Varaha Purana 148.57: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 57

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

इन्द्रलोकं परित्यज्य मम लोकं प्रपद्यते ॥ तत्राश्चर्यं महाभागे धूतपापे शृणुष्व मे

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.57

indralokaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ prapadyate || tatrāścaryaṃ mahābhāge dhūtapāpe śṛṇuṣva me

इंद्र की दुनिया छोड़ के वो मेरे पास आता है। मेरे दुनिया में उसके लिए एक खास बात है। सुनो, उसके पाप साफ हो चुके हैं।

इन्द्रलोकम्Indra’s world
इन्द्रलोकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine accusative singular
परित्यज्यhaving left
परित्यज्य:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि-त्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having abandoned’; indeclinable
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular
लोकम्world
लोकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine accusative singular
प्रपद्यतेattains / resorts to
प्रपद्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-पद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person singular (middle)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
आश्चर्यम्a wonder
आश्चर्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of ‘hear’; Neuter accusative singular
महाभागेO greatly fortunate one
महाभागे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular feminine; bahuvrīhi ‘one of great fortune’
धूतपापेO you whose sins are washed away
धूतपापे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootधूत-पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘धूत’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular feminine
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative 2nd person singular (middle)
मेto me / my
मे:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; enclitic pronoun; here best as genitive ‘of me’/‘my’; Genitive singular

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
A
Afterlife Doctrines

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It preserves a layered cosmology where heavenly reward (Indraloka) is not final; higher attainment is framed as entry into the deity’s realm, a common Purāṇic soteriological structure.

This verse is cosmological rather than terrestrial; it contrasts Indraloka with “mama loka,” the speaker’s divine realm.

The text emphasizes progression beyond temporary rewards toward a higher ideal, guided by disciplined practice and attentiveness to instruction.

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