Varaha Purana 142.58: Adhyaya 142, Shloka 58

The Greatness of Esoteric Practice: Menstrual Impurity, Mental Equanimity, and Seasonal Conjugal Ethics

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे रहस्यं परमं महत् ॥ त्वया पृष्टं च यद्देवि मम भक्तसुखावहम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 142.58

Transliteration

etat te kathitaṃ bhadre rahasyaṃ paramaṃ mahat | tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ ca yad devi mama bhaktasukhāvaham ||

Translation

ഹേ ഭദ്രേ, നിനക്കു ഈ പരമവും മഹത്തുമായ രഹസ്യം പറഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ ദേവീ, നീ ചോദിച്ചതും വിശദീകരിച്ചു—എന്റെ ഭക്തർക്കു ക്ഷേമം നൽകുന്നതായി.

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Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dat/4th) एकवचन (enclitic)

• kathitam: has been told
• kathitam: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kath (कथ्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘told’

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• bhadre: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadrā (भद्रा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Voc/8th), एकवचन

• rahasyam: secret
• rahasyam: Karma (कर्म/object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (रहस्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; apposition to etat

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of rahasyam)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (महत्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of rahasyam)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण/agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (Instr/3rd), एकवचन

• pṛṣṭam: asked
• pṛṣṭam: Karma (कर्म/object predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prach (प्रच्छ्) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘asked’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (Conjunction)

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यद्-तद् सम्बन्धः (relative)

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Voc/8th), एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen/6th), एकवचन

• bhakta-sukha-āvaham: bringing happiness to devotees
• bhakta-sukha-āvaham: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक) + āvaha (आवह-प्रातिपदिक from √vah)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः: ‘bhaktānāṃ sukham āvahati’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of yat/etat)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Textual Closure Formula
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It marks a formal closure typical of Purāṇic discourse: the teaching is framed as ‘rahasya’ and linked to the welfare of adherents, indicating controlled transmission and pedagogical hierarchy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the verse is meta-textual, summarizing the instruction.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Treat the teaching as a disciplined, carefully transmitted practice oriented toward the welfare of practitioners.