Varaha Purana 163.6: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षा दृश्यते सर्वैर्ब्रह्महत्यास्वरूपिणी ॥ सर्वतीर्थप्लुतस्यापि ब्राह्मणस्य हि सा तदा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.6

Transliteration

pratyakṣā dṛśyate sarvair brahmahatyāsvarūpiṇī || sarvatīrthaplutasyāpi brāhmaṇasya hi sā tadā ||

Translation

सब लोग देख सकते थे कि वो ब्रह्मा हत्या का पाप उसके साथ है। वो ब्राह्मण हर तीर्थ में नहा चुका था, फिर भी वो पाप उसपे टिका हुआ था।

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Word by Word

• pratyakṣā: visible/directly perceived
• pratyakṣā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying brahmahatyāsvarūpiṇī)

• dṛśyate: is seen/appears
• dṛśyate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• brahmahatyā-svarūpiṇī: having the form of brahmahatyā (sin-personified)
• brahmahatyā-svarūpiṇī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmahatyā (प्रातिपदिक) + svarūpinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'brahmahatyāyāḥ svarūpiṇī' = having the form of brahmahatyā); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtha-plutasya: of (the one) who has bathed in all sacred places
• sarva-tīrtha-plutasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + pluta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'sarveṣu tīrtheṣu plutaḥ' = bathed in all tīrthas); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying brāhmaṇasya)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: 'even/also')

• brāhmaṇasya: of the brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• sā: she/that (entity)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Personification Motifs
• Expiation (Prāyaścitta)
• Tīrtha-māhātmya

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse illustrates a doctrinal hierarchy of tīrthas: even extensive pilgrimage (‘bathed in all tīrthas’) may be portrayed as insufficient until the narrative’s focal site is reached.

Which geographic location is identified?

No additional location is named; the verse continues the Vaikuṇṭha-tīrtha context and contrasts it implicitly with ‘all other tīrthas’.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It communicates that ethical transgression is not merely symbolic but consequential, and that purification is framed as requiring proper means and context.