Varaha Purana 177.53: Adhyaya 177, Shloka 53

The Curse of Sāmba and the Prescribed Observance of Sun-Worship

Devanagari script

पापप्रशमनाख्यानं महापातक नाशनम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 177.53

Transliteration

pāpapraśamanākhyānaṃ mahāpātaka nāśanam

Translation

यह किस्सा पाप को शांत करता है। बड़े-बड़े पाप भी इससे मिट जाते हैं।

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Word by Word

• पापप्रशमनाख्यानम्: the account of sin’s pacification
• पापप्रशमनाख्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशमन (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'पापस्य प्रशमनस्य आख्यानम्' → 'narrative of sin-removal'

• महापातकनाशनम्: destroying great sins
• महापातकनाशनम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापातक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'महापातकानां नाशनम्' → 'destroyer of great sins' (as predicate/qualifier of आख्यानम्)

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice to Pṛthivī framework)

Tags

• Dharma and Ethics
• Purāṇic Studies
• Classical Literature
• Sanskrit Lexicography

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