Varaha Purana 147.3: Adhyaya 147, Shloka 3

The Sacred Merit of Goniṣkramaṇa

the Tīrtha of the Cows’ Emergence/Release

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणु भूमे प्रयत्नेन कारणं परमं मम ॥ गुह्यमस्त्यपरं चैव हिमशृङ्ग शिलोच्चये

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 147.3

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇu bhūme prayatnena kāraṇaṁ paramaṁ mama || guhyam asty aparaṁ caiva himaśṛṅga śilocchaye

Translation

श्रीवराह उवाच—हे भूमे, प्रयत्नेन शृणु मम परमं कारणम्। हिमशृङ्गनाम्नि शिलोच्चये गुह्यमपरं चास्ति।

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Word by Word

• śrī-varāhaḥ: Śrī Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; honorific karmadhāraya 'glorious Varāha'

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ lakāra (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• śṛṇu: listen
• śṛṇu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ lakāra (लोट्, imperative), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• bhūme: O Earth
• bhūme: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular

• prayatnena: with effort, carefully
• prayatnena: Karana (करण/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• kāraṇam: reason, cause
• kāraṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Accusative, Singular; qualifying kāraṇam

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive, Singular; pronoun

• guhyam: a secret (thing)
• guhyam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; used substantively

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Lat lakāra, Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana

• aparam: another, further
• aparam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Nominative, Singular; qualifying guhyam

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय)

• hima-śṛṅga: O Himaśṛṅga (Snow-peak)
• hima-śṛṅga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'snow-peak' used as address (proper name/epithet)

• śila-uccaye: on the rocky height/mound
• śila-uccaye: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + uccaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'heap/mass of rocks'

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals a transition from inquiry to authoritative disclosure, typical of Purāṇic cataloging of sacred landscapes through named toponyms.

Which geographic location is identified?

Himaśṛṅga (“Snow-peak”) is named as a prominent rocky elevation; precise modern identification is uncertain without additional contextual markers.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds attentive listening and careful transmission as virtues in preserving cultural and geographic knowledge.