Varaha Purana 170.39: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 39

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Devanagari script

नद्यास्तीरे सुप्रदेशे आवासांश्च प्रचक्रिरे ॥ निवेश्य भाण्डं तत्रैव अश्वानां यवसादिकम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.39

Transliteration

nadyāstīre supradeśe āvāsāṁś ca pracakrire || niveśya bhāṇḍaṁ tatraiva aśvānāṁ yavasādikam

Translation

നദീതീരത്തിലെ നല്ല പ്രദേശത്ത് അവർ താമസസ്ഥലങ്ങൾ ഒരുക്കി; അവിടെ തന്നേ ചരക്കുകൾ വെച്ച്, കുതിരകൾക്കായി മേവ് മുതലായവയും ക്രമപ്പെടുത്തി.

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Word by Word

• नद्याः: of the river
• नद्याः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सुप्रदेशे: in a good region/spot
• सुप्रदेशे: अधिकरण (सप्तमी/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आवासान्: dwellings/camps
• आवासान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रचक्रिरे: they made/arranged
• प्रचक्रिरे: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• निवेश्य: having placed/settled
• निवेश्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• भाण्डम्: equipment/utensils/gear
• भाण्डम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अश्वानाम्: of the horses
• अश्वानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यवसादिकम्: fodder such as grass
• यवसादिकम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवस + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यवस-आदि-कम् = grass etc.)

Speaker

Varāha (narrative voice; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Travel Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic travel-narrative convention: describing encampment, provisioning, and the riverine landscape, useful for studying premodern itineraries and material culture vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

Only a generic riverbank setting is specified (nadyāḥ tīre); no named tīrtha or settlement appears in this fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, orderly conduct during travel—settling responsibly and providing for dependents/animals—rather than an explicit moral injunction.