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Varaha Purana 179.17: Adhyaya 179, Shloka 17

Enumeration of Ritual Offenses and Their Expiations; The Sacred Merit of Saukara and Mathurā Pilgrimage

मुच्यते त्वपराधैस्तु तथा विष्णोः स्तवं पठन् ॥ एतत्ते कथितं गुह्यं किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 179.17

mucyate tvaparādhaistu tathā viṣṇoḥ stavaṃ paṭhan || etatte kathitaṃ guhyaṃ kim anyac chrotum icchasi

विष्णु की स्तुति पढ़ने से भी इंसान पाप से छुट जाता है। यह बात मैंने तुम्हे बता दी, यह छुपी हुई बात है। अब और क्या सुनना चाहते हो?

मुच्यतेis freed
मुच्यते:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपदी; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd/प्रथम), एकवचन — Passive sense: 'is released'
तुindeed/but
तु:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेष/विरोधार्थक-निपात
अपराधैःfrom/with offences
अपराधैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootअपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental: 'by/through offences (as cause/association)'
तुindeed
तु:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेषार्थक-निपात
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive: 'of Viṣṇu'
स्तवम्hymn/praise
स्तवम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Object of 'paṭhan'
पठन्reciting
पठन्:
कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
TypeVerb
Rootपठ् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'reciting'
एतत्this
एतत्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative pronoun; here with 'कथितम्' as subject: 'this'
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic) — 'to you/for you' (often dative sense)
कथितम्told
कथितम्:
क्रिया (Predicative/Verbal adjective)
TypeVerb
Rootकथ् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'told/said'
गुह्यम्secret
गुह्यम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — adjective qualifying 'एतत्/कथितम्'
किम्what?
किम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — interrogative object
अन्यत्other/else
अन्यत्:
विशेषण (Adjectival)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — adjective to implied 'किम्'/'श्रोतुम्' object: 'anything else'
श्रोतुम्to hear
श्रोतुम्:
प्रयोजन (Purpose/Infinitive)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत् — 'to hear'
इच्छसिdo you wish
इच्छसि:
क्रिया (Verb/Action)
TypeVerb
Rootइष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), परस्मैपदी; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd/मध्यम), एकवचन — 'you desire'

Varāha (default instructor framework)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Devotional Literature
P
Prāyaścitta

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It shows the integration of devotional recitation into the economy of expiation, a hallmark of Purāṇic religio-ethical synthesis alongside more formal penance systems.

No geographic location is stated.

Acknowledgment of fault and disciplined remediation are complemented by reflective recitation (stava) as a means of moral reorientation.

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