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Varaha Purana 149.29: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 29

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

मोदते सप्तद्वीपेषु गुह्यानि च स गच्छति ॥ अथ चेन्मुञ्चते प्राणान्प्रभाते गतकिल्बिषः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.29

modate saptadvīpeṣu guhyāni ca sa gacchati || atha cen muñcate prāṇān prabhāte gatakilbiṣaḥ ||

वो सातों द्वीप में खुश रहता है। वो छुपे हुए जगह भी पा लेता है। अगर सुबह-सुबह उसकी मौत हो जाए, तो वो सारे पाप से आज़ाद हो जाता है।

modaterejoices
modate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmud (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Atmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
sapta-dvīpeṣuin the seven islands/continents
sapta-dvīpeṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative, 7th), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—द्विगु (numerical): ‘seven islands’
guhyānisecrets / hidden (realms)
guhyāni:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootguhya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)
gacchatigoes
gacchati:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgam (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: ‘then/now’)
cetif
cet:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcet (अव्यय)
Formशर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle: ‘if’)
muñcatereleases / gives up
muñcate:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmuc (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद (Atmanepada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
prāṇānlife-breaths / vital airs
prāṇān:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
prabhāteat dawn
prabhāte:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular)
gata-kilbiṣaḥfreed from sin
gata-kilbiṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootgata (कृदन्त; gam धातु-क्त) + kilbiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः: ‘whose sin has gone’

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
A
Ancient Cosmography
P
Pilgrimage Studies
R
Ritual Studies

FAQs

It preserves Purāṇic cosmography (sapta-dvīpa) as a framework for describing the scope of merit and access to extraordinary realms.

The immediate setting remains the Prabhāsa tīrtha context; the verse then expands to cosmological geographies (seven dvīpas) rather than a single terrestrial site.

Purification from demerit (kilbiṣa) is foregrounded as the condition for the described outcomes.

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