Varaha Purana 137.62: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 62

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

अपराधं वर्जयति दीक्षितश्चैव जायते ॥ भूत्वा वै मानुषस्तत्र तीर्थे संसारसागरम्

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 137.62

Transliteration

aparādhaṃ varjayati dīkṣitaś caiva jāyate || bhūtvā vai mānuṣas tatra tīrthe saṃsārasāgaram

Translation

അവൻ അപരാധം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദീക്ഷിതനാകുന്നു; അവിടെ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യനായി, സംസാരസാഗരം കടന്നുപോകുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• अपराधम्: offence, transgression
• अपराधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वर्जयति: avoids, shuns
• वर्जयति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्/वर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• दीक्षितः: the initiated one
• दीक्षितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दिक्ष्/दीक्ष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• मानुषः: a human (man)
• मानुषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• संसारसागरम्: the ocean of worldly existence
• संसारसागरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संसार + सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): 'संसारस्य सागरः'

Speaker

Varāha (default, dialogue framework provisional)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography
• Pilgrimage Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic tīrtha-māhātmya motif: pilgrimage is framed as ethical reform (avoidance of aparādha) and existential liberation imagery (crossing saṃsāra).

Which geographic location is identified?

The fragment refers generally to a tīrtha; the specific site-name is not present in this pāda, though nearby verses in the input mention Cakratīrtha and Saukarava-tīrtha.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To avoid or renounce wrongdoing (aparādha) as part of a disciplined, consecrated life (dīkṣā) associated with sacred places.