Varaha Purana 52.7: Adhyaya 52, Shloka 7

The Genealogy of Trivarṇa, Manohvā, and the Akṣa Lineage, with the Construction of the Nine-Gated City

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्पुरसंस्थस्तु पशुपालो महान्नृपः । संसूच्य वाचकाञ्छब्दान् वेदान् सस्मार तत्पुरे ॥ ५२.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 52.7

Transliteration

tatastatpurasam̐sthastu paśupālo mahānnṛpaḥ | saṃsūcya vācakāñ chabdān vedān sasmāra tatpure || 52.7 ||

Translation

Kemudian, ketika menetap di kota itu, raja agung—sebagai penggembala—setelah memberi isyarat dengan kata-kata penunjuk, mengingati kembali Veda-Veda di tempat itu.

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Word by Word

• tatas: then

• tat-pura-saṃsthaḥ: situated/residing in that city

• tu: and/indeed

• paśu-pālaḥ: cattle-keeper/herdsman

• mahān: great

• nṛpaḥ: king

• saṃsūcya: having indicated/signaled

• vācakān: expressive/denotative (words)

• chabdān: sounds/words

• vedān: the Vedas

• sasmāra: remembered/recalled

• tat-pure: in that city

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

Tags

• Varāha Purāṇa
• Sanskrit Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vedic Tradition

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic narrative motif in which royal identity and social role (here, a king as a cattle-keeper) coexist, while emphasizing the cultural prestige of Vedic recollection and verbal cues in transmission.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse refers only to “that city” (tatpura/tatpure) without naming a specific place; a precise modern identification cannot be made from this fragment alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A philosophical instruction implied here is the valuation of learning and disciplined memory (smṛti) of authoritative knowledge, regardless of one’s outward social function at a given moment.