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Varaha Purana 163.56: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 56

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

सर्वं हरति वै पापं मोक्षं चैव प्रयच्छति ॥ इत्युक्त्वा राघवस्तस्मै देवं प्रादाद्वसुन्धरे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.56

sarvaṃ harati vai pāpaṃ mokṣaṃ caiva prayacchati || ity uktvā rāghavas tasmai devaṃ prādād vasundhare ||

यह सब पाप खत्म कर देता है और मोक्ष भी देता है। यह बोल के रघव ने वो भगवान उसे दे दिया, वसुंधरा।

sarvamall / entirely
sarvam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; used adverbially as 'entirely/all'
haratiremoves, takes away
harati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√hṛ (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) of emphasis/assurance
pāpamsin
pāpam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular
mokṣamliberation
mokṣam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootmokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)
evacertainly/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) of emphasis/restriction
prayacchatigrants, bestows
prayacchati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√yam (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormQuotative particle (इति-निपात) marking end of speech
uktvāhaving said
uktvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त); expresses prior action
rāghavaḥRāghava (Rāma)
rāghavaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāghava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular
tasmaito him
tasmai:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular
devamthe deity (idol)
devam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular
prādātgave
prādāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-√dā (धातु)
FormLuṅ-lakāra (लुङ्/Aorist), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
vasundhareO Earth
vasundhare:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootvasundharā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular; address to Earth

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Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism

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It shows how Purāṇic storytelling links moral purification (pāpa) with soteriological goals (mokṣa) through concrete practices and narrative transmission.

The passage points toward Mathurā as the setting that follows, though this verse itself focuses on the transfer of the deity/icon.

It frames liberation as connected to sustained ethical-ritual discipline and the respectful handling of sacred objects within a community setting.

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