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Varaha Purana 176.67: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 67

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

अनन्तश्चाप्रमेयश्च यस्य चान्तो न विद्यते ॥ यस्य श्रोत्रैकदेशे तु आकाशो लेशमात्रकः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.67

anantaś cāprameyaś ca yasya cānto na vidyate || yasya śrotraikadeśe tu ākāśo leśamātrakaḥ

वो भगवान के अंत की कोई हद नहीं, नाप में नहीं आता। उसके कान का एक हिस्सा इतना बड़ा है कि आसमान भी उसमे एक बूंद जैसा है।

अनन्तःendless, infinite
अनन्तः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात
अप्रमेयःimmeasurable, unfathomable
अप्रमेयः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-प्रमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास (negation)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (whose/of whom)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात
अन्तःend, limit
अन्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (subject)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negation particle)
विद्यतेexists, is found
विद्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोग (exists)
यस्यwhose
यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
श्रोत्रैकदेशेin a single part of the ear
श्रोत्रैकदेशे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र-एक-देश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (श्रोत्रस्य एकदेशः)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)
आकाशःspace, sky
आकाशः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपद
लेशमात्रकःonly a tiny fraction
लेशमात्रकः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootलेश-मात्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (लेशस्य मात्रकः = only a tiny bit)

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
S
Sanskrit Cosmology
P
Purāṇic Theology

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It uses a ‘cosmic body’ metaphor common in Purāṇic and epic literature to express transcendence via sensory imagery.

No geographic site is named; the verse is cosmological and metaphysical in focus.

Indirectly, it encourages intellectual humility by stressing the immeasurable nature of ultimate reality.

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