Varaha Purana 149.90: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 90

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

भविष्यति वरारोहे ईश्वरः सदृशो मम ॥ दुर्वासा इति विख्यातः शपिष्यति कुलं मम ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.90

Transliteration

bhaviṣyati varārohe īśvaraḥ sadṛśo mama || durvāsā iti vikhyātaḥ śapiṣyati kulaṁ mama ||

Translation

హే వరారోహే, భవిష్యత్తులో నాతో సమానమైన ఒక ఈశ్వరసదృశుడు ‘దుర్వాసా’ అని ప్రసిద్ధుడై నా వంశాన్ని శపించును.

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Word by Word

• bhaviṣyati: there will be/will occur

• varārohā: O woman of beautiful hips (voc.)

• īśvara: lord/master

• sadṛśa: similar/comparable

• mama: to me/my

• durvāsā: Durvāsā (proper name)

• iti: thus

• vikhyāta: renowned

• śapiṣyati: will curse

• kula: lineage/family

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Curse Motif (Śāpa)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces the widely attested Purāṇic narrative device of a sage’s curse (śāpa) as a mechanism for historical-mythic explanation and moral causality.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name appears in this verse; it sets up a narrative that, in adjacent verses, connects to named tīrthas and locales.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It implies the ethical weight of speech and conduct in social order, as curses and their consequences function as moralized causality in the narrative.