Varaha Purana 138.2: Adhyaya 138, Shloka 2

The Episode of the Khañjarīṭa Bird

and the Saukarava Tīrtha’s Merit

Devanagari script

इति खञ्जरीटोपाख्यानं समाप्तम्।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 138.2

Transliteration

iti khañjarīṭopākhyānaṃ samāptam

Translation

इति खञ्जरीटोपाख्यानं समाप्तम्।

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Word by Word

• इति: thus; so (end-quote)
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्य-समापन-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative particle/इत्यर्थक-निपात)

• खञ्जरीट-उपाख्यानम्: the story of Khañjarīṭa
• खञ्जरीट-उपाख्यानम्: Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खञ्जरीट (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (खञ्जरीटस्य उपाख्यानम् = “story of Khañjarīṭa”)

• समाप्तम्: finished; concluded
• समाप्तम्: Karta (कर्ता/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आप् (धातु) → समाप्त (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

Speaker

Narrator (editorial colophon)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a colophon-like closure, a common Purāṇic editorial device that marks the end of an embedded narrative unit (upākhyāna).

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named in this closing line; it primarily signals the end of the Khañjarīṭa episode before the next topic begins.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical instruction is stated; the verse is structural, indicating textual segmentation.