Varaha Purana 192.4: Adhyaya 192, Shloka 4

Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite

Devanagari script

एतदाचक्ष्व तत्त्वेन तत्र यत्परमं महत् ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ साधु भूमे महाभागे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 192.4

Transliteration

etad ācakṣva tattvena tatra yat paramaṃ mahat || śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme mahābhāge yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi ||

Translation

एतत् तत्त्वतः कथय—तत्र यत् परमं महत् किम्। श्रीवराह उवाच—साधु, भूमे महाभागे, यन्मां त्वं एवं परिपृच्छसि।

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Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); demonstrative pronoun

• ācakṣva: tell, explain
• ācakṣva: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√cakṣ (चक्ष् धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• tattvena: in truth / truly
• tattvena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: therein
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक-अव्यय)

• yat: which/whatever
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with yat/mahat

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• śrī-varāhaḥ: Śrī Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय-समास (‘glorious Varāha’)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

• sādhu: well done / good
• sādhu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Particle/adverb of approval (प्रशंसावाचक-अव्यय)

• bhūme: O Earth
• bhūme: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāge: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘she who has great fortune’) addressing bhūmi

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (object of paripṛcchasi)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); 1st person pronoun

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); 2nd person pronoun

• paripṛcchasi: you ask (in detail)
• paripṛcchasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√prach (प्रच्छ् धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The explicit speaker marker “uvāca” is characteristic of Purāṇic redaction and helps establish a stable transmission format for oral-recitative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified here; the verse frames a doctrinal/ritual inquiry.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To seek ‘tattva’—a truth-aligned account—when asking about what is most important in practice.