Varaha Purana 170.39: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 39

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Uttara Bhāga · Dharma-śāstra Narratives (Atithi-satkāra / Hospitality Ethics)

Devanagari script

नद्यास्तीरे सुप्रदेशे आवासांश्च प्रचक्रिरे ॥ निवेश्य भाण्डं तत्रैव अश्वानां यवसादिकम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.39

Transliteration

nadyāstīre supradeśe āvāsāṁś ca pracakrire || niveśya bhāṇḍaṁ tatraiva aśvānāṁ yavasādikam

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

नदी के किनारे, एक अच्छी जगह पे उन्होंने रुकने का इंतज़ाम किया। वहाँ अपना सामान रख दिया। घोड़ों के लिए घास और खाना भी लगा दिया।

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Word by Word

• नद्याः: of the river
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• तीरे: on the bank
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
• Role: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• सुप्रदेशे: in a good region/spot
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
• Role: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Root: सुप्रदेश (प्रातिपदिक)

• आवासान्: dwellings/camps
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• प्रचक्रिरे: they made/arranged
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)

• निवेश्य: having placed/settled
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव
• Role: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Root: नि + विश् (धातु)

• भाण्डम्: equipment/utensils/gear
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
• Role: अधिकरण (Location)
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
• Role: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Root: एव (अव्यय)

• अश्वानाम्: of the horses
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
• Role: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• यवसादिकम्: fodder such as grass
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यवस-आदि-कम् = grass etc.)
• Role: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Root: यवस + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• नद्यास्तीरे = नद्याः तीरे
• आवासांश्च = आवासान् च
• तत्रैव = तत्र एव

Speaker and setting

Shanta rasaSetting: Riparian campsite / travel halt

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Discipline and stewardship

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesEthics

Core idea

Dharma expresses as stewardship—protecting entrusted goods and caring for animals; outer order mirrors inner order.

In practice

When traveling: choose safe terrain, organize storage, assign watch, and ensure animal feed/water before personal comfort.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Travel Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic travel-narrative convention: describing encampment, provisioning, and the riverine landscape, useful for studying premodern itineraries and material culture vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

Only a generic riverbank setting is specified (nadyāḥ tīre); no named tīrtha or settlement appears in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, orderly conduct during travel—settling responsibly and providing for dependents/animals—rather than an explicit moral injunction.