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Varaha Purana 149.4: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 4

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

एवं हि गुणमाहात्म्यं स्तुतस्वामिनि मच्छ्रुतम् ॥ अस्माच्छेदं परं श्रेष्ठं तन्मे वद कृपानिधे ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.4

evaṃ hi guṇamāhātmyaṃ stutasvāmini macchrutam || asmāc chedaṃ paraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tan me vada kṛpānidhe

స్తుత్య స్వామీ! మీ గుణమహాత్మ్యాన్ని నేను విన్నాను. ఇప్పుడు దీనికన్నా పరమైన అత్యుత్తమమైనదాన్ని, కరుణానిధీ, నాకు చెప్పండి.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb: ‘thus’)
हिindeed; for
हि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)
गुण-माहात्म्यम्the greatness of the qualities
गुण-माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगुण (प्रातिपदिक) + माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गुणस्य माहात्म्यम्)
स्तुत-स्वामिनिin/unto the praised Lord (O Lord who is praised)
स्तुत-स्वामिनि:
Sambodhana/Adhikarana (सम्बोधन/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तुत (कृदन्त; √स्तु धातु, क्त) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—स्तुतः स्वामी यस्मिन्/यः (addressed: ‘in/unto the praised lord’)
मत्-श्रुतम्heard by me
मत्-श्रुतम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + श्रुत (कृदन्त; √श्रु धातु, क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मया श्रुतम् = heard by me); विशेषणम् (गुणमाहात्म्यम्)
अस्मात्from this; from me/this (contextual)
अस्मात्:
Apadana (अपादान/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
छेदम्cutting; section; solution
छेदम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootछेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
परम्supreme; highest
परम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (छेदम्)
श्रेष्ठम्best
श्रेष्ठम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (छेदम्)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (refers to the ‘best supreme section/teaching’)
मेto me; for me
मे:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form
वदtell; speak
वद:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन
कृपा-निधेO treasure of compassion
कृपा-निधे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootकृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कृपायाः निधिः)

Pṛthivī (implied in dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dialogue
V
Vaishnavism
D
Didactic Literature

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It shows the pedagogical form common in Purāṇas: a listener requests a ‘higher’ teaching, prompting the next doctrinal or narrative unit.

None in this verse; it is a conversational pivot rather than a place description.

Inquiry and humility are presented as appropriate methods for receiving authoritative instruction.

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