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Varaha Purana 124.35: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 35

Ritual Observances Aligned with the Seasons

Seasonal Devotional Procedure

संसारस्य न गच्छेत केन कर्मप्रभावतः ।। इत्युक्तो भगवांस्तत्र प्रत्युवाच वसुन्धराम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.35

saṁsārasya na gacchet kena karmaprabhāvataḥ || ity ukto bhagavāṁs tatra pratyuvāca vasundharām ||

కర్మప్రభావం వల్ల ఏ విధంగా సంసారంలో ప్రవేశించడు? అని అడగగా, అక్కడ భగవాన్ వసుంధరికి ప్రత్యుత్తరం ఇచ్చాడు.

संसारस्यof saṁsāra / of worldly existence
संसारस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg)
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
गच्छेत्should go / would go
गच्छेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg), परस्मैपदम्
केनby what?
केन:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg); प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम
कर्म-प्रभावतःdue to the power/effect of karma
कर्म-प्रभावतः:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Abl. 5), एकवचन (sg); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; अव्ययीभावार्थे हेतौ/कारणे ‘-तः’ (ablatival)
इतिthus
इति:
Vākyārtha-sūcaka (वाक्यार्थ-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to
उक्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formकृदन्तः—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
प्रत्युवाचreplied
प्रत्युवाच:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-उप-√वच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg), परस्मैपदम्
वसुन्धराम्Vasundharā / Earth
वसुन्धराम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Acc. 2), एकवचन (sg)

Narrator (transition line identifying Varāha’s reply)

P
Purāṇic Literature
N
Narrative Framing
S
Sanskrit Poetics (simple narrative)
M
Mokṣa Discourse

FAQs

It marks the formal shift from inquiry to authoritative response, a standard compositional device in Purāṇic didactic dialogues.

Vasundharā is a personification of Earth rather than a specific geographic site.

The verse sets up the ethical-soteriological problem—escaping saṁsāra—by locating it in the causal framework of karma.

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