Varaha Purana 136.89: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 89

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

कुणपो जायते भूमे यातुधानो न संशयः ॥ वर्षाणि चैकविंशानि अयस्कारनिवासकः

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.89

Transliteration

kuṇapo jāyate bhūme yātudhāno na saṁśayaḥ || varṣāṇi caikaviṁśāni ayaskāranivāsakaḥ

Translation

హే భూమీ! అతడు కుణపుడు (శవభక్షకుడు)గా, సందేహం లేక యాతుధానుడు (దుష్ట సత్త్వం)గా జన్మించి, ఇరవై ఒక సంవత్సరాలు అయస్కారుల (ఇనుప పనివారు) మధ్య నివసిస్తాడు।

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Word by Word

• कुणपः: a corpse; carrion-body
• कुणपः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुणप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• जायते: is born; arises
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

• भूमे: on/in the earth
• भूमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यातुधानः: a demon; rākṣasa
• यातुधानः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negative particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—‘doubt’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वर्षाणि: years
• वर्षाणि: Kāla-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण/Duration)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकविंशानि: twenty-one
• एकविंशानि: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of ‘वर्षाणि’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण (numeral adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः द्विगु (Dvigu) = एक + विंशति

• अयस्कारनिवासकः: dweller in an iron-prison/iron-house
• अयस्कारनिवासकः: Karta (कर्ता/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयस (प्रातिपदिक) + कार (प्रातिपदिक) + निवासक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpuruṣa) ‘अयस्कारस्य निवासकः’

Speaker

Varāha

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FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a Purāṇic mode of ethical discourse where moral transgression is expressed through rebirth typologies and socially marked living conditions, useful for studying normative culture and didactic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; it is framed as a general ethical-karmic statement addressed to Pṛthivī (Earth).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse warns of degrading consequences (rebirth and constrained habitation) as a deterrent against wrongdoing within a prāyaścitta-oriented ethical framework.