Varaha Purana 137.71: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 71

The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field

Devanagari script

शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय श्लक्ष्णमेतदुवाच ह ॥ तत्र सौकरवे तीर्थे चन्द्रमास्त्वामतोषयत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 137.71

Transliteration

śirasy añjalim ādhāya ślakṣṇam etad uvāca ha || tatra saukarave tīrthe candramās tvām atoṣayat

Translation

Dengan menangkupkan tangan di atas kepala, dia mengucapkan kata-kata yang lembut ini. Di sana, di Saukarava-tīrtha, Candra (Bulan) sesungguhnya telah memuaskan/meredakan hatimu.

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Word by Word

• śirasi: on the head

• añjalim: joined palms/gesture of reverence

• ādhāya: having placed

• ślakṣṇam: gentle, soft

• etat: this

• uvāca: said

• ha: (narrative particle)

• tatra: there

• saukarave: at Saukarava

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford

• candramāḥ: the Moon

• tvām: you

• atoṣayat: pleased/propitiated/satisfied

Speaker

Narrator/Varāha (default; speaker in fragment is ‘he’ within narrative)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Sacred Geography
• Astral Motifs
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a named tīrtha with an astral figure (Candramā), illustrating how sacred geography and cosmological symbolism are interwoven in Purāṇic storytelling.

Which geographic location is identified?

Saukarava-tīrtha (a named sacred site in the passage; exact modern identification is not determinable from this excerpt alone).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It models respectful speech and gesture (añjali on the head) as part of proper conduct within sacred and dialogic contexts.