Varaha Purana 30.8: Adhyaya 30, Shloka 8

The Origin of Dhanada (Kubera) from Vāyu and the Observance of the Ekādaśī Vow

Devanagari script

य एतां शृणुयाद् भक्त्या पुरुषः पठतेऽपि वा । सर्वकाममवाप्नोति स्वर्गलोकं च गच्छति ॥ ३०.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 30.8

Transliteration

ya etāṃ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā puruṣaḥ paṭhate 'pi vā | sarvakāmam avāpnoti svargalokaṃ ca gacchati || 30.8 ||

Translation

Ktokolwiek słucha tego z nabożeństwem, lub nawet recytuje, osiąga spełnienie wszystkich pragnień i udaje się również do krainy niebiańskiej.

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Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• etām: this (hymn/thing)
• etām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear/listen
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• puruṣaḥ: a man/person
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition to yaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paṭhate: recites/reads
• paṭhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paṭh (पठ् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• sarva-kāmam: all desires (all wished-for things)
• sarva-kāmam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: सर्वे कामाः यस्य/सर्वान् कामान् (collective); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• avāpnoti: attains
• avāpnoti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• svarga-lokam: the heavenly world
• svarga-lokam: Karma (कर्म) (goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: स्वर्गस्य लोकः; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Manuscript Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It represents a common Purāṇic phalaśruti formula, reflecting manuscript-era practices where listening (śravaṇa) and recitation (pāṭha) are framed as culturally valued modes of transmitting and legitimizing a text.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it refers instead to svargaloka, a cosmological/heavenly realm rather than a terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes devotional attentiveness and disciplined recitation as valued practices, presenting them as ethically meaningful actions linked to personal aims and posthumous cosmological outcomes.