Varaha Purana 116.5: Adhyaya 116, Shloka 5

An Exposition on the Causes of Happiness and Suffering

Uttara Bhāga · Dharma-ācāra (Vrata, Pūjā, Phalaśruti)

Devanagari script

एवं योगविधानॆन कर्म कुर्याद् दृढव्रतः ।। पूतात्मा धर्मसंयुक्तो विष्णुलोकं तु गच्छति

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 116.5

Transliteration

evaṃ yogavidhānena karma kuryād dṛḍhavrataḥ || pūtātmā dharmasaṃyukto viṣṇulokaṃ tu gacchati

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ដូច្នេះ តាមវិធានយោគៈដែលបានកំណត់ អ្នកមានវ្រតៈមាំមួនគួរធ្វើការអនុវត្ត; ដោយចិត្តវិញ្ញាណបានបរិសុទ្ធ និងភ្ជាប់ជាមួយធម៌ គាត់ពិតជាទៅដល់លោកវិษ្ណុ។

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘thus/in this manner’
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)

• योगविधानेन: by the prescribed yogic method
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: योग-विधान (प्रातिपदिक)

• कर्म: ritual act/duty
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √कृ (धातु)

• दृढव्रतः: one of firm vow
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: दृढ-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)

• पूतात्मा: pure-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: पूत-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• धर्मसंयुक्तः: endowed with dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: धर्म-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• विष्णुलोकम्: Vishnu’s world
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
• Role: Gati-Karma (गतिकर्म/कर्म)
• Root: विष्णु-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• तु: indeed/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• गच्छति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (present indicative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √गम् (धातु)

Sandhi Notes

• कुर्याद् = कुर्यात् (before voiced consonant)
• योगविधानेन = योग + विधानेन
• धर्मसंयुक्तो = धर्मसंयुक्तः (visarga sandhi)
• विष्णुलोकं = विष्णुलोकम्

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Celestial realm

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Soteriology (dharma-yoga)

Subjects

EthicsCosmology

Core idea

Dharma-conjoined disciplined practice purifies the self and leads to liberation/attainment of the divine realm.

In practice

Undertake prescribed yogic/ritual discipline with steadiness in vows; cultivate purity and dharmic conduct as daily orientation.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha speaks as the salvific authority: adherence to yogic discipline and dharma leads the practitioner to Viṣṇu-loka.

Symbolism of the boar

Dharma

Vrata

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Purāṇic Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic phalaśruti style, linking disciplined observance with a cosmological-afterlife goal (Viṣṇuloka).

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is identified; the verse references Viṣṇuloka as a cosmological realm.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Maintain firm vows and perform prescribed discipline with purity and dharma-alignment.