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Varaha Purana 170.88: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 88

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

इत्युक्ता सा च सुश्रोणी प्रणिपत्य प्रसाद्य तम्॥ भर्त्रे सा कथयामास यदुक्तं मुनिना प्रियम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.88

ityuktā sā ca suśroṇī praṇipatya prasādya tam॥ bhartre sā kathayāmāsa yaduktaṃ muninā priyam॥

मुनि ने जो बताया, वो सुन के उस औरत ने उनके पास झुक के नमस्ते किया। फिर अपने पति को गई और मुनि की प्यारी बात बता दी।

इतिthus
इति:
वाक्य-सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक अव्यय (quotative/particle)
उक्ताhaving been addressed/told
उक्ता:
विशेषण (Qualifier of सा)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन
साshe
सा:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सु-श्रोणीthe fair-hipped woman
सु-श्रोणी:
कर्ता (Karta; apposition to सा)
TypeNoun
Rootसु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + श्रोणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुश्रोणी = शोभना श्रोणी यस्याः)
प्रणिपत्यhaving bowed down
प्रणिपत्य:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + नम् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव
प्रसाद्यhaving pleased/propitiated
प्रसाद्य:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + सद् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), causative sense in usage ‘to please’
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
भर्त्रेto (her) husband
भर्त्रे:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
साshe
सा:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
कथयामासtold/narrated
कथयामास:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु; नामधातु from कथा)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
यत्that which
यत्:
कर्म (Karma/Object of कथयामास)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
उक्तम्said
उक्तम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier of यत्)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
मुनिनाby the sage
मुनिना:
कर्ता (Agent in passive; कर्तृकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन
प्रियम्dear/pleasing
प्रियम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of यत्/उक्तम्)

Narrator (speaker not explicit in the verse)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
T
Transmission of Teachings
H
Householder Context

FAQs

It shows the social pathway by which teachings circulate in Purāṇic narratives—moving from ascetic authority (muni) into household discourse—supporting the text’s role as a cultural-educational repository.

No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition rather than a tīrtha locator.

Respectful learning and responsible communication: receiving instruction with humility and conveying it faithfully within one’s social sphere.

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