Varaha Purana 206.43: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 43

Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds

Devanagari script

अपश्यन् विविधास्तत्र स्त्रियश्च शुभलोचनाः ॥ शोभयन्ति स्त्रियः काश्चिज्जलक्रीडा गतास्तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 206.43

Transliteration

apaśyan vividhāstatra striyaśca śubhalocanāḥ || śobhayanti striyaḥ kāścij jalakrīḍā gatāstathā

Translation

वहाँ उसने बहुत सारी औरतें देखीं। उनकी आँखें बहुत अच्छी थीं। कुछ औरतें पानी में खेल रही थीं। वहाँ सब अच्छा लग रहा था।

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Word by Word

• apaśyat: (he) saw
• apaśyat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta (तिङन्त), Laṅ (लङ्, imperfect/past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• vividhāḥ: various
• vividhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying ‘striyaḥ’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (देशवाचक)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction

• śubha-locanāḥ: (women) with beautiful eyes
• śubha-locanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) ‘those whose eyes are beautiful’ qualifying ‘striyaḥ’

• śobhayanti: adorn, beautify
• śobhayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śubh (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta (तिङन्त), Laṭ (लट्, present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd/प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), causative sense ‘make shine/adorn’ (शोभयति)

• striyaḥ: women
• striyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kāścit: some (women)
• kāścit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); indefinite ‘some’

• jala-krīḍāḥ: water-sports / playing in water
• jala-krīḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala + krīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘water + play’

• gatāḥ: gone, engaged (having gone)
• gatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त), Past participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); agreeing with ‘striyaḥ’

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (प्रकारवाचक) ‘thus/likewise’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Narratology
• Sanskrit Poetics (descriptive)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a stylistic example of Purāṇic descriptive narration, where moral or otherworldly settings are rendered through aesthetic motifs.

Which geographic location is identified?

No identifiable earthly location is given; the scene is contextual and descriptive within a non-terrestrial narrative space.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive; any ethical function is indirect—supporting a broader narrative about consequences and realms experienced through karma.