Varaha Purana 140.46: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 46

The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

अग्निवर्णस्ततो भूत्वा मम लोकं स गच्छति॥ पापप्रमोचनं नाम गुह्यमस्मिन्परं मम

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.46

Transliteration

agnivarṇas tato bhūtvā mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || pāpapramocanaṃ nāma guhyam asmin paraṃ mama

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം അഗ്നിവർണ്ണമായ ദീപ്തിയോടെ അവൻ എന്റെ ലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുന്നു. ഇവിടെ ‘പാപമോചന’ എന്ന പേരിലുള്ള എന്റെ ഗുഹ്യമായ പരമസ്ഥലം ഉണ്ട്.

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Word by Word

• अग्नि-वर्णः: fire-colored / radiant like fire
• अग्नि-वर्णः: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (अग्निरिव वर्णः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (सः/नरः)-विशेषण

• ततः: then / from there
• ततः: अपादान (Apādāna/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तस्मात्/ततः (ablatival adverb: then/from there)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Gerundial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पाप-प्रमोचनम्: (the place called) ‘Sin-removal’
• पाप-प्रमोचनम्: सम्बन्ध/नाम (Name/appellation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापस्य प्रमोचनम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (नामपदम्)

• नाम: named
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, नामनिर्देशक

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (पापप्रमोचनम्/स्थानम्)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a named tīrtha (Pāpamocana) and a standard Purāṇic soteriological trope (radiant transformation), supporting indexing of place-names and motifs.

Which geographic location is identified?

A sacred site named Pāpamocana, described as ‘guhya’ (secret) and ‘para’ (supreme); the excerpt does not provide a modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Moral purification is framed as an intended outcome of disciplined engagement with a sacred landscape (tīrtha), expressed in culturally normative terms.