Varaha Purana 200.76: Adhyaya 200, Shloka 76

Description of the Forms of Infernal Torments

Naraka Yātanās

Devanagari script

तदादिषु च सर्वेषु गुणान्तरपथं गतः ॥ यदा भवति स प्रेतस्तदा स्थावरतां व्रजेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 200.76

Transliteration

tad-ādiṣu ca sarveṣu guṇāntara-pathaṃ gataḥ || yadā bhavati sa pretaḥ tadā sthāvaratāṃ vrajet ||

Translation

അതിൽ തുടങ്ങി വരുന്ന എല്ലാ ഘട്ടങ്ങളിലും, ഗുണാന്തരത്തിന്റെ പഥത്തിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിച്ചവൻ—അവൻ പ്രേതനായാൽ, അപ്പോൾ അവൻ സ്ഥിരാവസ്ഥ (സ്ഥാവരത്വം) പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• tad-ādiṣu: among those and the rest / in such beginnings
• tad-ādiṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; तदादि-शब्दः (तत्पुरुषः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-अव्यय)

• sarveṣu: in all
• sarveṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; सर्व-विशेषणम्

• guṇa-antara-patham: the path to another quality/state
• guṇa-antara-patham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa + antara + patha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; गुणान्तरपथ-तत्पुरुषः

• gataḥ: having gone/attained
• gataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘gone/attained’

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• bhavati: becomes/is
• bhavati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; सर्वनाम

• pretaḥ: a departed spirit/ghost
• pretaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Temporal adverb (कालवाचक-अव्यय)

• sthāvaratām: the state of being immobile/plant-like
• sthāvaratām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāvaratā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; भाववाचक-तद्धित (तल्)

• vrajet: should go/enter
• vrajet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (व्रज् धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogic frame; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sāṃkhya-influenced Terminology
• Indian Eschatology
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves technical language of ‘guṇa’ change within Purāṇic narrative, showing interaction between philosophical vocabulary and didactic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named; the verse describes a transition of state/condition rather than a place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It reinforces moral causality by depicting post-mortem states as transformations conditioned by prior conduct and altered ‘qualities’ (guṇa).