Varaha Purana 91.13: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 13

The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit

Devanagari script

स्वागतं भो मुनिश्रेष्ठ कस्माल्लोकादिहागतः । किं कार्यं वद ते कृत्यं मा ते कालात्ययो भवेत् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 91.13

Transliteration

svāgataṃ bho muniśreṣṭha kasmāl lokād ihāgataḥ | kiṃ kāryaṃ vada te kṛtyaṃ mā te kālātyayo bhavet ||

Translation

സ്വാഗതം, ഹേ മുനിശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! നിങ്ങൾ ഏത് ലോകത്തിൽ നിന്നാണ് ഇവിടെ വന്നത്? നിങ്ങളുടെ കാര്യം എന്തെന്ന് പറയുക; നിങ്ങളുടെ കൃത്യം അറിയിക്കുക— നിങ്ങൾക്കു കാലതാമസം വരാതിരിക്കട്ടെ।

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Word by Word

• स्वागतम्: welcome
• स्वागतम्: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; interjectional nominal ‘welcome’

• भो: O!
• भो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भो (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: best of sages
• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ’

• कस्मात्: from which
• कस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• लोकात्: from the world
• लोकात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• आगतः: has come
• आगतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate participle ‘having come/come’

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: task/purpose
• कार्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• वद: tell/say
• वद: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• कृत्यम्: duty/what is to be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मा: do not/let not
• मा: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun

• कालात्ययः: lapse of time/delay
• कालात्ययः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘kālasya atyayaḥ’

• भवेत्: may be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devī (speaker inferred from direct address; consistent with nearby verses)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dharma (Atithi)
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a conventional Sanskrit welcome formula and frames the sage as a traveler across 'lokas,' reflecting Purāṇic cosmological imagination embedded in social dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial place-name is given; instead, the verse references 'loka' (world/realm) as a cosmological category.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Hospitality includes attentiveness to the guest’s purpose and time—promptness and consideration are presented as ethical conduct.