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Varaha Purana 206.20: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 20

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

बहुसुन्दरनारीभिः सेव्यमानो महातपाः ॥ अमराख्यो भवेत् तत्र गोलोकेषु समाहितः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.20

bahusundaranārībhiḥ sevyamāno mahātapāḥ || amarākhyo bhavet tatra golokeṣu samāhitaḥ ||

सुंदर नारियाँ उसकी सेवा करती हैं। वो बड़ा तपस्वी है, मन में शांत। वहाँ उसको अमर कहते हैं। वो गोलोक में रहता है।

bahusundaranārībhiḥby many beautiful women
bahusundaranārībhiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbahu-sundara-nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); compound: bahu (many) + sundara (beautiful) + nārī (women)
sevyamānaḥbeing served
sevyamānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsev (धाातु)
FormPresent passive participle (शानच्/मान), from √sev (सेव्) ‘to serve’; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
mahātapāḥthe great ascetic
mahātapāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); compound: mahā (great) + tapas (austerity) → ‘great ascetic’
amarākhyaḥnamed ‘Amara’
amarākhyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootamara-ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘having the name Amara’
bhavetwould become
bhavet:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धाातु)
FormVerb (तिङन्त), Dhātu: √bhū (भू) ‘to be/become’; Lakāra: Liṅ (लिङ्, optative), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb of place
golokeṣuin the Golokas
golokeṣu:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgoloka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
samāhitaḥcomposed; concentrated
samāhitaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-dhā (धाातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), from √dhā with prefixes sam+ā; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Varāha (default)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
V
Vaishnavism

FAQs

It demonstrates Purāṇic cosmological mapping of reward realms (such as Goloka) and the language of merit (phala), revealing how ethical/austere life is linked to posthumous status in the textual tradition.

Goloka is a cosmological realm rather than a terrestrial geographic location; it is treated in Purāṇic literature as a ‘world’ associated with cows and elevated merit.

To cultivate austerity and mental composure (samāhita), which the text frames as leading to elevated posthumous standing.

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