Varaha Purana 175.27: Adhyaya 175, Shloka 27

The Sanctity of the Kṛṣṇagaṅgā Pilgrimage-Ford and the Account of the Brahmin Vasu’s Daughter

Devanagari script

त्रिकालदर्शी शुद्धात्मा सिद्धत्वं प्राप्नुयात्प्रभुः॥ तस्याश्रमपदस्थस्य यद्दृष्टं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 175.27

Transliteration

trikāladarśī śuddhātmā siddhatvaṃ prāpnuyāt prabhuḥ | tasyāśramapadasthasya yad dṛṣṭaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā ||

Translation

ത്രികാലദർശിയായ ശുദ്ധാത്മാവായ പ്രഭു സിദ്ധത്വം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ആശ്രമത്തിൽ വസിച്ചിരുന്ന ആ മഹാത്മാവ് ജ്ഞാനചക്ഷുവാൽ കണ്ടതുതന്നെ ഇനി വിവരിക്കുന്നു।

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Word by Word

• tri-kāla-darśī: seer of the three times
• tri-kāla-darśī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + darśin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• śuddha-ātmā: pure-souled
• śuddha-ātmā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• siddhatvam: perfection / siddhahood
• siddhatvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prāpnuyāt: would attain / may attain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prabhuḥ: the lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āśrama-pada-sthasya: of (him) who was staying at the hermitage
• āśrama-pada-sthasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषण (one who is situated in the hermitage-place)

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

• dṛṣṭam: was seen
• dṛṣṭam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: with the eye of knowledge
• jñāna-cakṣuṣā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default for this fragmentary excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Narrative
• Indic Philosophy
• Ascetic Traditions
• Classical Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves yogic-ascetic vocabulary (trikāladarśin, jñānacakṣus, siddhatva) that overlaps with broader Indic soteriological discourse, helping map Purāṇic participation in ascetic thought.

Which geographic location is identified?

Only an āśrama (hermitage) is mentioned generically; no named geographic site appears.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It valorizes purity (śuddhātmā) and insight (jñānacakṣus) as conditions associated with spiritual accomplishment (siddhatva).