Varaha Purana 139.4: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 4

The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance

with a Truth-Vow Exemplum

Devanagari script

जायते विपुले शुद्धे धनधान्यसमाकुले॥ दिव्यैर्नमस्कृतो देवि कुशद्वीपं च गच्छति॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 139.4

Transliteration

jāyate vipule śuddhe dhanadhānyasamākule || divyair namaskṛto devi kuśadvīpaṁ ca gacchati

Translation

Wahai Dewi, dia dilahirkan di negeri yang luas dan suci, sarat dengan kekayaan serta hasil bijirin; dimuliakan oleh makhluk-makhluk ilahi, dia juga pergi ke Kuśadvīpa.

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Word by Word

• jāyate: is born; arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• vipule: in a vast (place)
• vipule: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vipula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (एकवचन); used adjectivally

• śuddhe: in a pure (place)
• śuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (एकवचन); used adjectivally

• dhana-dhānya-samākule: in (a place) abounding in wealth and grain
• dhana-dhānya-samākule: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī (7th/सप्तमी), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: dhana-dhānya-samākula = filled with wealth and grain

• divyaiḥ: by divine (beings)
• divyaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग) or Napumsaka (contextual), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); instrumental used with namaskṛta

• namaskṛtaḥ: saluted; honored
• namaskṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (of gacchati/jāyate implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: namas + kṛ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kta-pratyaya (क्त/PPP), Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana (एकवचन); past passive participle

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• kuśa-dvīpam: Kuśa-dvīpa
• kuśa-dvīpam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa place-name

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चय)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Vaishnavism
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It contributes to Purāṇic cosmography and the ideology of merit leading to favorable rebirth and access to named dvīpas.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kuśadvīpa is named; in Purāṇic cosmography it is one of the dvīpas (continent-islands) rather than a securely identifiable modern terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames ethical/ritual practice as leading to prosperity-oriented outcomes and cosmographic destinations.