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Varaha Purana 176.5: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 5

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

कौतुकार्थं ततो गत्वा देवं गर्त्तेश्वरं तदा ॥ तिलोत्तमायास्तद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा मोहवशं गतः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.5

kautukārthaṃ tato gatvā devaṃ gartteśvaraṃ tadā | tilottamāyās tadrūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mohavaśaṃ gataḥ ||

उसने जान-ने के लिए वहाँ गया। वहाँ गर्त्तेश्वर भगवान का मंदिर था। जब उसने तिलोत्तमा का रूप देखा, वो घबरा गया। उसका दिमाग घूम गया।

कौतुकार्थम्for the sake of curiosity
कौतुकार्थम्:
हेतु (प्रयोजन/निमित्त)
TypeNoun
Rootकौतुक-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कौतुकस्य अर्थः)
ततःthen; from there
ततः:
देश/काल-अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (तस्मात्/ततः = then/from there)
गत्वाhaving gone
गत्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); धातु: गम्; अर्थः: having gone
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गर्त्तेश्वरम्Gartteśvara (Lord of the pit/cave)
गर्त्तेश्वरम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्त्त-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गर्त्तस्य ईश्वरः)
तदाat that time
तदा:
काल-अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (then/at that time)
तिलोत्तमायाःof Tilottamā
तिलोत्तमायाः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतिलोत्तमा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
तत्-रूपम्that form/appearance
तत्-रूपम्:
कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (तत् एव रूपम्)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); धातु: दृश्; अर्थः: having seen
मोह-वशम्into the power of delusion
मोह-वशम्:
गति-लक्ष्य/अवस्था (कर्मसमान)
TypeNoun
Rootमोह-वश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मोहस्य वशः)
गतः(he) went/entered
गतः:
कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थः: gone/entered

Varāha (continuation of narration)

C
Classical Literature
S
Sacred Geography
P
Purāṇic Narrative
E
Ethical Psychology

FAQs

It preserves a localized deity-name (Gartteśvara) and uses the motif of moha to drive narrative causality, relevant for studying temple-linked storytelling.

A specific shrine/deity-name, Gartteśvara, is mentioned; the broader setting is the Mathurā region implied by the surrounding verses.

It highlights susceptibility to moha (delusion) arising from sensory attraction, a common ethical-psychological theme in Sanskrit narrative literature.

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