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Varaha Purana 206.38: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 38

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

अहो सूत्रकृतं शिल्पमहो रत्नैरलङ्कृतम् ॥ एवं गृहाद्गृहं गच्छन्नहं तत्र ततोऽस्तमः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.38

aho sūtrakṛtaṃ śilpam aho ratnair alaṅkṛtam || evaṃ gṛhād gṛhaṃ gacchann ahaṃ tatra tato'stamaḥ

अरे भाई, कितनी अच्छी सिलाई है, धागे से बना, हीरों-मोतियों से सजदा। मैं घर से घर जा रहा था, देखता रहा। आखिर में वही रुक गया, आगे नहीं बढ़ पाया।

अहोah!/oh!
अहो:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहो (अव्यय)
Formविस्मयादि-निपात (interjection: exclamation)
सूत्रकृतम्made with thread/cord
सूत्रकृतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूत्र + कृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
Formतृतीया-तत्पुरुष (सूत्रेण कृतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying शिल्पम्)
शिल्पम्craft/work of art
शिल्पम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
अहोah!/oh!
अहो:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअहो (अव्यय)
Formविस्मयादि-निपात (interjection)
रत्नैःwith jewels
रत्नैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन
अलङ्कृतम्adorned/decorated
अलङ्कृतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअलम् (उपसर्ग/निपात) + कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (adorned)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/in this way)
गृहात्from a house
गृहात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
गृहम्to a house
गृहम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म (goal of motion)
गच्छन्going
गच्छन्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)
ततःthen/from there
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: then/from there)
अस्तमःsunset/setting (of the sun)
अस्तमः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; (अस्तमः = अस्तम् + इति/गमनम्; ‘sunset/setting’)

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
S
Sanskrit Poetics
P
Puranic Narrative
A
Art History Vocabulary

FAQs

It preserves terminology for craft and ornamentation (śilpa, ratna, sūtrakṛta), valuable for lexicography and for studying aesthetic description in Purāṇic narrative.

No explicit location is named; the verse describes movement through residences rather than a mapped pilgrimage site.

The ethical content is indirect: it situates refined material culture within a broader merit-and-prosperity framework, without prescribing coercive doctrine.

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