Varaha Purana 148.59: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 59

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

Devanagari script

धूते पापे च सुश्रोणि धारा च पतति क्षितौ ॥ एवं तत्र विशालाक्षि वृक्षमश्वत्थमिश्रितम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.59

Transliteration

dhūte pāpe ca suśroṇi dhārā ca patati kṣitau || evaṃ tatra viśālākṣi vṛkṣam aśvattham iśritam

Translation

जब पाप धुल जाते हैं, तब नदी से पानी ज़मीन पर गिरता है। वहाँ एक पेड़ है, पीपल का पेड़ उसके पास है।

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Word by Word

• धूते: when washed away
• धूते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘धूत’; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-सम्भव; here with locative absolute sense with पापे: ‘when (sin) is washed’; Locative singular

• पापे: in/when sin
• पापे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular neuter; with धूते forming locative absolute

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• सुश्रोणि: O fair-hipped one
• सुश्रोणि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुश्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular feminine

• धारा: the stream
• धारा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine nominative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• पतति: falls
• पतति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person singular (active)

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular feminine

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner: thus)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• विशालाक्षि: O large-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशालाक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular feminine

• वृक्षम्: a tree
• वृक्षम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine accusative singular

• अश्वत्थम्: aśvattha (sacred fig)
• अश्वत्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition/qualifier to वृक्षम्; Masculine accusative singular

• आश्रितम्: resorted to / situated / attached
• आश्रितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) ‘आश्रित’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with implied neuter object/with वृक्षम् as described; Past passive participle, accusative singular neuter (used adjectivally)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ecological Narratives
• Sacred Botany

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic pattern: natural phenomena (water flow) are narrativized as responsive to moral-ritual states, and sacred trees become landmarks within tīrtha topography.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues the Maṇipūra setting and introduces an aśvattha-associated tree as a local marker within the sacred area.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral purification is foregrounded; the environment is depicted as a witness and symbol of ethical transformation.