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Varaha Purana 215.39: Adhyaya 215, Shloka 39

Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarṇeśvara and Jaleśvara (Śaileśvara) in the Śleṣmātaka Forest

तदा स देशो भविता सर्वम्लेच्छैरधिष्ठितः ॥ ततोऽन्ये सूर्यवंशीया क्षत्रियास्तान्निहत्य च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 215.39

tadā sa deśo bhavitā sarvamlecchair adhiṣṭhitaḥ | tato ’nye sūryavaṁśīyāḥ kṣatriyās tān nihatya ca ||

उसके बाद वो देश म्लेच्छों का हो जाएगा। फिर सूर्यवंशी क्षत्रिय आएंगे और उनको मार कर देश वापस ले लेंगे।

तदाthen
तदा:
सम्बन्ध/कालाधिकरण (Kāla-adhikaraṇa)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb): 'then'
सःthat
सः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
देशःcountry/region
देशः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
भविताwill become
भविता:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु) + तृच् (तृन्)
Formभवितृ-शब्द (agent noun) प्रथमा, एकवचन; भविष्यत्कालार्थे प्रयोगः: 'will become' (periphrastic future sense)
सर्व-म्लेच्छैःby all the mlecchas
सर्व-म्लेच्छैः:
करण/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध (instrumental/agentive association)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः: सर्वे म्लेच्छाः (कर्मधारय)
अधिष्ठितःoccupied/ruled
अधिष्ठितः:
कर्मणि-क्रिया/विशेषण (predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootअधि + √स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP): 'occupied/ruled'
ततःthereafter
ततः:
सम्बन्ध/क्रम (sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb): 'thereafter/from that'
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
सूर्य-वंशीयाḥof the Solar dynasty
सूर्य-वंशीयाḥ:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वंशीय (प्रातिपदिक/तद्धित)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तद्धित-प्रत्ययान्त (वंशीय) 'belonging to lineage'; समासः: सूर्यस्य वंशीयाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
क्षत्रियाःkṣatriyas
क्षत्रियाः:
कर्ता (Karta)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
तान्them
तान्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
निहत्यhaving slain
निहत्य:
पूर्वक्रिया (Pūrvakriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √हन् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-सम)
Formअव्ययभावे ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund): 'having slain'
चand
च:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): 'and'

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
M
Mythic Historiography
P
Political Narrative
A
Ancient Geography

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It reflects a Purāṇic way of narrating political change through broad ethnonyms; historians treat such terms cautiously as literary and context-dependent.

‘That land’ refers back to the Nepāla/Himavat setting established nearby in the chapter.

Rather than a prescriptive ethic, the verse functions as narrative forecasting; ethically, it invites careful, non-anachronistic reading of group labels.

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