Varaha Purana 145.104: Adhyaya 145, Shloka 104

The Greatness of the Śālagrāma Sacred Region

Devanagari script

पूर्वपृष्टं तया यच्च पुण्यं भागवतप्रियम् ॥ आख्यानानां महाख्यानं द्युतीनां परमा द्युतिः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 145.104

Transliteration

pūrvapṛṣṭaṃ tayā yac ca puṇyaṃ bhāgavata-priyam | ākhyānānāṃ mahākhyānaṃ dyutīnām paramā dyutiḥ ||

Translation

അവൾ മുമ്പ് ചോദിച്ചതായ, ഭാഗവതഭക്തർക്കു പ്രിയമായ ആ പുണ്യാഖ്യാനം—ആഖ്യാനങ്ങളിൽ മഹാഖ്യാനം, ദ്യുതികളിൽ പരമ ദ്യുതി.

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Word by Word

• pūrva-pṛṣṭam: previously asked
• pūrva-pṛṣṭam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva + pṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pṛṣṭa = √prach (प्रच्छ्) + kta (क्त) ‘asked’; समास: ‘previously asked’

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; relative pronoun ‘which/that’

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

• puṇyam: merit/holy matter
• puṇyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhāgavata-priyam: dear to the devotees/of Bhagavān
• bhāgavata-priyam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāgavata + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: ‘dear to devotees/of the Lord’ (bhāgavata- = devotees/related to Bhagavān)

• ākhyānānām: of narratives
• ākhyānānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mahā-ākhyānam: the great narrative
• mahā-ākhyānam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘great narrative’

• dyutīnām: of splendors/lights
• dyutīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• paramā: supreme
• paramā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; dyuti-विशेषण

• dyutiḥ: splendor/light
• dyutiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Poetics
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a common Purāṇic self-referential strategy: praising the narrated section as exceptionally authoritative and meritorious within the text’s own literary economy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single location is specified here; the verse frames the narrative’s value rather than naming a site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Valuing study and remembrance of culturally significant narratives as a means of ethical refinement and identity formation.