Varaha Purana 208.72: Adhyaya 208, Shloka 72

Narration of the Exemplum of the Pativratā

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Devanagari script

उपभोक्तुं सुखस्यार्थं सुपुण्यस्य विशेषतः॥ दत्त्वा तत्पुण्यकर्माणं ततः प्राह दिवाकरः॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 208.72

Transliteration

upabhoktuṃ sukhasyārthaṃ supuṇyasya viśeṣataḥ || dattvā tatpuṇyakarmāṇaṃ tataḥ prāha divākaraḥ ||

Translation

Untuk menikmati kebahagiaan—terutama sebagai hasil pahala yang unggul—setelah menganugerahkan perbuatan berjasa itu (atau sarana-nya), kemudian Divakara pun bersabda.

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Word by Word

• upabhoktum: to enjoy
• upabhoktum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + √bhuj (भुज्) धातु
• Form: Tumun-infinitive (तुमुन्), prayojana (purpose): ‘to enjoy/partake’

• sukhasya: of happiness
• sukhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (n.), Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana

• artham: for the sake (purpose)
• artham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; prayojana-artha (for the sake of)

• su-puṇyasya: of very great merit
• su-puṇyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसakaliṅga (n.)/or Puṃ? here genitive singular agreeing with puṇya; Ṣaṣṭhī (Gen. 6), Ekavacana; samāsa: karmadhāraya (su=good + puṇya)

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa-avyaya (adverb: especially)

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा) धातु
• Form: Absolutive/gerund (क्त्वा), pūrvakāla-kriyā: ‘having given’

• tat-puṇya-karmāṇam: that performer of meritorious deed / that meritorious agent
• tat-puṇya-karmāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + puṇya + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana; samāsa: (1) tatpuṇya = ‘that merit’ (tatpuruṣa), (2) tatpuṇyakarman = ‘one whose act is that merit’/‘that meritorious-doer’ (tatpuruṣa); here object of ‘dattvā’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Deśa-kāla-avyaya (then/thereafter)

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah (अह्/ब्रू) धातु
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada; meaning ‘said’

• divākaraḥ: the Sun (day-maker)
• divākaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divākara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (divāṃ karoti/prakāśayati iti)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Divākara’s speech)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Karma and Merit
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic moral causality—linking puṇya (merit) with sukha (well-being)—within a narrative framework of divine instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier is present in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Well-being is presented as connected to meritorious action, with giving/benefaction functioning as a vehicle of puṇya.