Varaha Purana 136.110: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 110

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

य एतत्पठते नित्यं कल्यमुत्थाय मानवः ॥ स पितॄींस्तारयेज्जन्तुर्दश पूर्वान्दशापरान् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.110

Transliteration

ya etat paṭhate nityaṁ kalyam utthāya mānavaḥ || sa pitṝṁs tārayej jantur daśa pūrvān daśāparān

Translation

ప్రతిదినం ప్రాతఃకాలంలో లేచి దీనిని పఠించే మనిషి, పితృదేవతలను తరింపజేస్తాడు—పది పూర్వులు, పది పరులు (తరాలు)।

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Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (यद्-प्रातिपदिक), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• etat: this (text/thing)
• etat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• paṭhate: reads
• paṭhate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• nityam: daily; always
• nityam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverbial accusative (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण द्वितीया), indeclinable usage

• kalyam: in the morning
• kalyam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (कालवाचक अव्यय): ‘in the morning’

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-thā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having risen’

• mānavaḥ: a man; human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• pitṝn: ancestors; fathers
• pitṝn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tārayet: would deliver; would save
• tārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); causative sense ‘make cross/save’ (तारयति)

• jantuḥ: creature; person
• jantuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jantu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to saḥ

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like form; qualifying pūrvān/aparān

• pūrvān: former; preceding
• pūrvān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); with implied ‘pitṝn’

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Numeral (संख्यावाचक), indeclinable-like form; qualifying aparān

• aparān: later; following
• aparān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Plural (बहुवचन); with implied ‘pitṝn’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dharma
• Textual Recitation

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the Purāṇic integration of textual recitation with pitṛ-related merit, a theme also prominent in Dharmaśāstra and later devotional practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It recommends disciplined daily recitation at dawn, linking personal practice with intergenerational responsibility toward ancestors.