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Varaha Purana 166.6: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 6

The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa

इत्युक्त्वा नारदस्तत्र तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ नारदे तु गते राजा पप्रच्छ स्वात्ममन्त्रिणः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 166.6

ity uktvā nāradas tatra tatraivāntaradhīyata || nārade tu gate rājā papraccha svātmamantriṇaḥ ||

ເມື່ອກ່າວດັ່ງນັ້ນແລ້ວ ນາຣະດະກໍອັນຕະທານໄປທີ່ນັ້ນເທົ່ານັ້ນ. ເມື່ອນາຣະດະຈາກໄປ ກະສັດຈຶ່ງຖາມບັນດາມົນຕີຂອງພຣະອົງ.

इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
उक्त्वाhaving said
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)
नारदःNārada
नारदः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: there)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Desha-adhikarana (देश-अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: just/indeed)
अन्तर्धीयतdisappeared
अन्तर्धीयत:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअन्तर्-धा (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘अन्तर्धा’ = to disappear
नारदेwhen Nārada
नारदे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when Nārada...)
तुthen/but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक
गतेhaving gone
गते:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when he had gone)
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पप्रच्छasked
पप्रच्छ:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-छ्/पृच्छ् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
स्वात्ममन्त्रिणःhis own counsellors
स्वात्ममन्त्रिणः:
Karma (कर्म/प्रश्न-प्राप्ताः)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व-आत्म- मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य आत्मनः मन्त्रिणः = his own ministers/counsellors)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
C
Courtly Counsel

FAQs

It illustrates the Purāṇic trope of a sage delivering a concise ethical trigger before withdrawing, prompting administrative deliberation—useful for narrative and political-ethical studies.

No specific location; “there” functions as a narrative placeholder within the king’s setting.

Responsible governance involves consultation and clarification—seeking counsel after receiving a cryptic moral directive.

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