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Varaha Purana 206.15: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 15

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

हस्तेन संस्पृशत्येष मृदुना शीतलेन च ॥ विद्याधरस्तथा ह्येष नित्यं मुदितमानसः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.15

hastena saṁspṛśaty eṣa mṛdunā śītalenā ca || vidyādharaḥ tathā hy eṣa nityaṁ mudita-mānasaḥ ||

यह इंसान हाथ से टच करता है, और उसका हाथ नरम और ठंडा रहता है। ऐसा करके वो विद्याधर बन जाता है। उसका दिल हमेशा खुश रहता है।

hastenawith the hand
hastena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Roothasta (हस्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
saṁspṛśatitouches
saṁspṛśati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṁ√spṛś (सम् + स्पृश् धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
eṣaḥthis (person)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
mṛdunāwith a soft (one)
mṛdunā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmṛdu (मृदु-प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (हस्तेन सह विशेषण-भाव)
śītalenāwith a cool (one)
śītalenā:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśītala (शीतल-प्रातिपदिक)
Formविशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग (हस्तेन सह विशेषण-भाव)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
vidyādharaḥa Vidyādhara (celestial being)
vidyādharaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyā + dhara (विद्या + धर प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विद्यायाः धरः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
tathāthus, likewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle, emphasis/indeed)
eṣaḥthis (one)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग
nityamalways
nityam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnitya (नित्य-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
mudita-mānasaḥone whose mind is joyful
mudita-mānasaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmudita (मुद् धातु + क्त) + mānasa (मानस-प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहि-समास (‘मुदितं मानसं यस्य सः’); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Varāha (default, instructor-voice)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
V
Virtue Ethics
V
Vaishnavism

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It preserves the Vidyādhara motif—an important category in Purāṇic cosmology—while linking bodily gentleness to moral and posthumous elevation.

None; the verse concerns personal qualities and cosmological status rather than a physical site.

Gentleness in conduct (symbolized by a soft, cool touch) is framed as a virtue associated with positive existential outcomes.

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