Varaha Purana 163.47: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 47

The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image

Devanagari script

लवणस्य वधार्थं हि शत्रुघ्नं प्रेषयत्तदा ॥ कृतप्रणामः शत्रुघ्नो राघवाय महात्मने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.47

Transliteration

lavaṇasya vadhārthaṃ hi śatrughnaṃ preṣayat tadā || kṛtapraṇāmaḥ śatrughno rāghavāya mahātmane ||

Translation

लवण को मारने के लिए शत्रुघ्न को भेजा। शत्रुघ्न ने राम को प्रणाम किया और उनके सामने खड़ा हो गया।

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Word by Word

• लवणस्य: of Lavaṇa
• लवणस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वधार्थम्: for (his) killing
• वधार्थम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वधाय अर्थः = for the purpose of killing)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• शत्रुघ्नम्: Śatrughna
• शत्रुघ्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शत्रून् हन्ति इति)

• प्रेषयत्: sent
• प्रेषयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• कृतप्रणामः: having made obeisance
• कृतप्रणामः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत + प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—बहुव्रीहि (कृतः प्रणामः येन सः)

• शत्रुघ्नः: Śatrughna
• शत्रुघ्नः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष

• राघवाय: to Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Rāmāyaṇa Reception
• Rājadharma

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a well-known North Indian narrative cycle around Śatrughna and Mathurā, indicating how Purāṇas reframe epic material for didactic and regional memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

No city is named in this verse, but the episode is conventionally linked (in subsequent verses) with Mathurā.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text frames the king’s duty to neutralize harmful forces as part of a protective social ethic, coupled with respectful conduct toward authority (pranāma).