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Varaha Purana 162.64: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 64

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

पृष्टोऽसौ ब्राह्मणो भद्रे क्व भवान् त्वमिहागतः ॥ स सर्वं कथयामास यथावृत्तं दृढव्रतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.64

pṛṣṭo 'sau brāhmaṇo bhadre kva bhavāṃs tvam ihāgataḥ || sa sarvaṃ kathayāmāsa yathāvṛttaṃ dṛḍha-vrataḥ ||

ഹേ ഭദ്രേ, ആ ബ്രാഹ്മണനോട് ചോദിച്ചു—“നീ ഇവിടെ എവിടെ നിന്നാണ് വന്നത്?” അപ്പോൾ ദൃഢവ്രതനായ അവൻ സംഭവിച്ചതെല്ലാം യഥാവൃത്തമായി പറഞ്ഞു.

पृष्टःasked; questioned
पृष्टः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootपृच्छ् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन; ‘असौ ब्राह्मणः’ विशेषण
असौthat (person)
असौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअसद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin
ब्राह्मणः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
भद्रेO auspicious lady; O good one
भद्रे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Voc), एकवचन (स्त्री-सम्बोधनरूप: भद्रे)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रश्नार्थ adverb): where?
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन; आदरार्थ 2nd-person reference
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (देशवाचक adverb): here
आगतःcome; arrived
आगतः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + गम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन; ‘त्वम्’ विशेषण
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन
कथयामासtold; narrated
कथयामास:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकथय् (धातु; नामधातु from कथा)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
यथा-वृत्तम्as it happened; according to events
यथा-वृत्तम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + वृत्त (कृदन्त; वृत् धातु)
Formअव्ययीभावसमास (‘यथा वृत्तम्’ = as it happened), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्
दृढ-व्रतःfirm in vow; steadfast
दृढ-व्रतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारयसमास (‘दृढं व्रतं यस्य’/‘दृढव्रतः’), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचन; ‘सः’ विशेषण

Unspecified (default dialogue frame: Varāha as narrator/instructor)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
P
Philology

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It illustrates a narrative-legal idiom—truthful recounting ‘as it occurred’—commonly used in Sanskrit storytelling to establish credibility and moral causality.

No explicit location is named; the focus is on inquiry and narration.

Truthful reporting and steadiness in observance (dṛḍha-vrata) are valued as virtues within the narrative.

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