Varaha Purana 13.4: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 4

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

Pūrva Bhāga · Tīrtha-Māhātmya (Sacred Geography and Pilgrimage Hermeneutics)

Devanagari script

तत्र दैत्यान्तकृद् देवः प्रोच्यते तीर्थचिन्तकैः । आराधयामास हरिं दैत्यसूदनसंज्ञितम् ॥ १३.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 13.4

Transliteration

tatra daityāntakṛd devaḥ procyate tīrthacintakaiḥ | ārādhayāmāsa hariṃ daityasūdana-saṃjñitam || 13.4 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

तत्र दैत्यान्तकृद् देवः तीर्थचिन्तकैः प्रकीर्त्यते। तत्र स हरिं दैत्यसूदनसंज्ञितम् आराधयामास॥

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• दैत्यान्तकृत्: slayer of demons
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यानाम् अन्तं करोति इति)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: दैत्य + अन्तकृत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवः: the god
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• प्रोच्यते: is called / is said
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive/कर्मणि), प्र-उपसर्ग
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: वच् (धातु)

• तीर्थचिन्तकैः: by the thinkers/knowers of tīrthas
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य चिन्तकाः)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: तीर्थ + चिन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)

• आराधयामास: worshipped, propitiated
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आ-उपसर्ग
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: राध् (धातु)

• हरिम्: Hari
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)

• दैत्यसूदनसंज्ञितम्: named ‘Demon-slayer’
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (संज्ञित = ‘named’); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दैत्यसूदन इति संज्ञितम्)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: दैत्यसूदन + संज्ञित (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• (No major external sandhi beyond standard euphony; दैत्यसूदनसंज्ञितम् treated as compound + PPP.)

Speaker and setting

Vira and Bhakti rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of place (kṣetra-devatā)

Subjects

GeographyHeritage SitesPilgrimage CultureTheology (descriptive, non-prescriptive)

Core idea

A tīrtha is not merely water/land; it is defined by the presiding divine presence and the living tradition that remembers and names that presence.

In practice

Approach pilgrimage sites with informed remembrance (nāma, rūpa, guṇa) of the presiding deity; worship becomes more focused when tied to the site’s specific form.

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sacred Geography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of cataloguing sacred sites through named epithets and local theological memory, indicating how tīrthas were interpreted and transmitted by specialized commentators (tīrtha-cintakas).

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse indicates a specific ‘there’ (tatra) within a larger tīrtha description, but the precise place-name is not present in this excerpt; identification requires adjoining verses in Adhyāya 13.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage primarily conveys a cultural-philosophical instruction about venerating sacred places through reflective engagement (cintā) and disciplined worship (ārādhana), rather than issuing a direct moral injunction.