Varaha Purana 9.20: Adhyaya 9, Shloka 20

The Sequence of Creation, the Emergence of the Praṇava, and the Fish Incarnation’s Retrieval of the Vedas

Devanagari script

तपोलोकं ततो देवास्तपोनिṣ्ठैरपूरयत् । अपुनर्मारकैर्देवैः सत्यलोकमपूरयत् ॥ ९.२० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 9.20

Transliteration

tapolokaṃ tato devās taponīṣṭhair apūrayat | apunarmārakair devaiḥ satyalokam apūrayat || 9.20 ||

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ദേവന്മാർ തപസ്സിൽ നിഷ്ഠരായവരാൽ തപോലോകം നിറച്ചു; പുനർജന്മത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങാത്ത (അപുനർമാരക) ദേവന്മാർ സത്യലോകവും നിറച്ചു।

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Word by Word

• tapaḥ-lokam: Tapoloka
• tapaḥ-lokam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapaḥ-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: tapaḥ + loka

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Kartā (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tapo-niṣṭhaiḥ: by those devoted to austerity
• tapo-niṣṭhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapo-niṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुष: tapaḥ (तपस्) + niṣṭha (निष्ठ) = 'steadfast in austerity'

• apūrayat: filled
• apūrayat: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-pṝ (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• apunarmārakaiḥ: by non-returning (gods)
• apunarmārakaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-punar-māraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारय: a (नञ्) + punar (पुनः) + māraka (मारक) = 'non-return-causing / not leading to rebirth'

• devaiḥ: by gods
• devaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• satya-lokam: Satyaloka
• satya-lokam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: satya + loka

• apūrayat: filled
• apūrayat: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-pṝ (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmological schema in which distinct lokas are populated according to ascetic attainment and spiritual status, illustrating how later Sanskrit literature systematizes post-mortem and supra-human realms.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial geographic site is named here; the verse references cosmological realms (Tapoloka and Satyaloka) rather than an identifiable location on Earth.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly foregrounds tapas (austerity/discipline) and steadfastness as qualifying principles associated with higher realms, presenting self-discipline as a philosophical instruction within the cosmological narrative.