Varaha Purana 202.72: Adhyaya 202, Shloka 72

Description of Infernal Punishments and the Ripening of Karmic Consequences

Devanagari script

अतः स्वयम्भुवा पूर्वं कर्मपाको यथार्थवत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 202.72

Transliteration

ataḥ svayambhuvā pūrvaṃ karmapāko yathārthavat

Translation

इसलिए पहले ब्रह्मा ने यह बात साफ-साफ बतायी थी। उन्होंने कहा कि करम का फल कैसे मिलता है, यह सच है।

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Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: हेतु-सम्बन्ध (causal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थ (adverb: therefore/from this)

• स्वयम्भुवा: by Svayambhū (Brahmā)
• स्वयम्भुवा: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयम्भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: formerly / before
• पूर्वम्: कालाधिकरण (temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: formerly/before)

• कर्मपाकः: ripening of karma / fruition of deeds
• कर्मपाकः: कर्ता/विषय (Karta/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म + पाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: कर्मणः पाकः

• यथार्थवत्: truly / as it really is
• यथार्थवत्: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथार्थवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत् (indeclinable-like adjectival: truly/according to reality)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Karmavipāka
• Brahmā (Svayambhū)
• Doctrinal Framing

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It invokes Svayambhū (Brahmā) as an authority source, a common Purāṇic strategy to anchor ethical doctrines within a revered cosmological lineage.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is referenced.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Karmic maturation is presented as a principled, reality-aligned moral law rather than arbitrary reward and punishment.