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Varaha Purana 218.21: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 21

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धान्यधेनुश्च भगवच्छास्त्रलक्षणमेव च ॥ विष्णोस्तोत्रं ततो नाना प्रश्नाः प्रोक्ता हरिं प्रति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.21

dhānyadhenuśca bhagavacchāstralakṣaṇameva ca || viṣṇostotraṃ tato nānā praśnāḥ proktā hariṃ prati

धान्य की गाय देने का भी तरीका है यहाँ। भगवान की किताब के लक्षण भी लिखे हैं। फिर विष्णु की स्तुति आती है। उसके बाद हरि से कई सवाल पूछे गए हैं।

धान्य-धेनुःthe grain-cow (gift)
धान्य-धेनुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-आधारः (धान्यधेनुः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
भगवत्-शास्त्र-लक्षणम्the characteristics of the Lord’s scripture
भगवत्-शास्त्र-लक्षणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + शास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भगवतः शास्त्रस्य लक्षणम्)
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
स्तोत्रम्hymn
स्तोत्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
ततःthereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
नानाvarious
नाना:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना (अव्यय/विशेषणप्राय)
Formअव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (indeclinable used adjectivally) = 'various'
प्रश्नाःquestions
प्रश्नाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रश्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
प्रोक्ताःwere stated
प्रोक्ताः:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) (प्र+; क्त, कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'were spoken/declared'
हरिम्Hari
हरिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
प्रतिtowards/with regard to
प्रति:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/कर्मप्रवचनीय (preposition) = 'towards/with regard to'

Varāha (default, synopsis style)

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaiṣṇavism
P
Purāṇic Studies
R
Ritual and Exegesis

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It shows the Purāṇa’s mixed curriculum: ritual charity, criteria for authoritative teaching (śāstra-lakṣaṇa), hymnody, and structured inquiry.

No location is identified; the verse is thematic, describing genres and practices.

Ethics is expressed through dāna (giving) and disciplined inquiry (praśna) directed toward a teaching authority.

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