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Varaha Purana 217.6: Adhyaya 217, Shloka 6

Eulogy of the Merits (Phalaśruti) of the Dharāṇī-Varāha Dialogue

पुत्रो मे मत्समः सम्यग्वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्ववित् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा पुरुषस्तात विमुक्तः सर्वकिल्बिषैः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 217.6

putro me matsamaḥ samyag veda-vedāṅga-tattvavit || yac chrutvā puruṣas tāta vimuktaḥ sarva-kilbiṣaiḥ

मेरा बेटा बिल्कुल मेरे जैसा है। वो वेदों का पूरा ज्ञान रखता है। यह सब सुनने से इंसान के सारे पाप खत्म हो जाते हैं।

पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun
मत्समःequal to me
मत्समः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मत्सम = मम समः)
सम्यक्properly, correctly
सम्यक्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्ववित्knower of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्ववित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवेद + वेदाङ्ग + तत्त्व + विद् (धातु) → वित् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (वेद-वेदाङ्ग-तत्त्वं वेत्ति इति)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having heard’
पुरुषःa man, person
पुरुषः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तातdear one / father (vocative)
तात:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootतात (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
विमुक्तःfreed, released
विमुक्तः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण/subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + मुच् (धातु) → विमुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सर्वकिल्बिषैःfrom all sins
सर्वकिल्बिषैः:
Apādāna/Hetu (अपादान/हेतु; ‘from/by reason of’)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व + किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि किल्बिषाणि)

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

P
Purāṇic Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology
P
Phalaśruti

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It reflects a common Purāṇic editorial feature (phalaśruti) that frames the transmission of knowledge through hearing and recitation as culturally valued practices in Sanskrit textual communities.

No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on knowledge transmission and the stated benefit of hearing.

The verse emphasizes disciplined learning and the purificatory value attributed to attentive listening to authoritative teachings.

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