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Varaha Purana 205.13: Adhyaya 205, Shloka 13

Description of the Proclamation of Auspicious and Inauspicious Karmic Results

प्रेतवासं समुत्सृज्य हीतो यातु त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ इन्द्रस्यार्द्धं भवेच्चैव देवदेवस्य धीमतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 205.13

pretavāsaṃ samutsṛjya hīto yātu triviṣṭapam | indrasyārddhaṃ bhavec caiva devadevasya dhīmataḥ ||

अब यह प्रेत की ज़िन्दगी छोड़ के स्वर्ग जाएगा। वहाँ इन्द्र का आधा हिस्सा भी इसको मिलेगा, क्योंकि देवों के गुरु ने ऐसा फैसला किया है।

प्रेतवासम्dwelling among the departed/ghostly abode
प्रेतवासम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेतवास (प्रातिपदिक: प्रेत + वास)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन
समुत्सृज्यhaving abandoned
समुत्सृज्य:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उत्-√सृज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having abandoned/left’
हीतःabandoned (i.e., freed from it)
हीतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Root√हा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘त्यक्तः/परित्यक्तः’
यातुlet him go
यातु:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्रिविष्टपम्to heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
त्रिविष्टपम्:
Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + विष्टप)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्वर्गलोकवाचक
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन
अर्द्धम्half/share
अर्द्धम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्द्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (predicate nominative)
भवेत्should become/be
भवेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis)
देवदेवस्यof the god of gods
देवदेवस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदेव (प्रातिपदिक: देव + देव)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन
धीमतःof the wise one
धीमतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of ‘देवदेवस्य’)

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Afterlife
K
Karma Theory
H
Heaven (Svarga)

FAQs

It illustrates Purāṇic afterlife taxonomy (preta-state vs. svarga) and uses Indra as a benchmark of heavenly status.

Triviṣṭapa is a cosmological/heavenly realm rather than a terrestrial geography.

Meritorious conduct and proper honoring are presented as conditions associated with release from an inauspicious post-mortem state.

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