Varaha Purana 153.10: Adhyaya 153, Shloka 10

The Glory of the Mathurā Sacred Landscape: Saṃyamana Tīrtha and the Twelve Sacred Forests

Devanagari script

पालयामास वसुधां क्षत्रधर्मं समाश्रितः ॥ तेनोढा काशिराजस्य पीवरी नामतः शुभा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 153.10

Transliteration

pālayāmāsa vasudhāṁ kṣatra-dharmaṁ samāśritaḥ || tenoḍhā kāśi-rājasya pīvarī nāmataḥ śubhā ||

Translation

Dia memerintah bumi dengan berpegang pada dharma kṣatriya. Oleh dirinya dikahwini wanita yang mulia bernama Pīvarī, yang berkaitan dengan raja Kāśī.

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Word by Word

• पालयामास: ruled/protected
• पालयामास: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिपालनार्थे

• वसुधाम्: the earth
• वसुधाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षत्र-धर्मम्: the duty of a kṣatriya
• क्षत्र-धर्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्र + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—क्षत्रस्य धर्मः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• समाश्रितः: having adopted
• समाश्रितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि: 'having resorted to/embraced'

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa/Agent (करण/कर्ता-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ऊढा: was married (to him)
• ऊढा: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) ‘ऊढ’, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि: 'was married/taken (as wife)'

• काशि-राजस्य: of the king of Kāśī
• काशि-राजस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काशि + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; समासः—काश्याः राजा (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• पीवरी: Pīvarī (name)
• पीवरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीवरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; स्त्री-नाम

• नामतः: by name
• नामतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) नाम-निर्देशे (by name)

• शुभा: auspicious/virtuous
• शुभा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of Pīvarī)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Political Ethics
• Ancient Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shifts from tīrtha-power to political ethics, presenting an ideal of kingship (protection of the earth) and connecting regions through dynastic marriage motifs.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kāśī, commonly associated in scholarship with the Vārāṇasī region, appears as a named polity through the phrase “kāśi-rāja”.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds governance as protection of land and society under kṣatriya-dharma, a normative political-ethical ideal in classical Sanskrit literature.