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Varaha Purana 149.96: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 96

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत षष्ठकालोषितो नरः ॥ गच्छेत्तु सोमलोकं तु कृतकृत्यो न संशयः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 149.96

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta ṣaṣṭhakāloṣito naraḥ || gacchet tu somalokaṃ tu kṛtakṛtyo na saṃśayaḥ

ఆరు కాలాలు అక్కడ నివసించిన మనిషి అక్కడ అభిషేకం చేయాలి. అతడు కృతకృత్యుడై సోమలోకానికి చేరుతాడు—సందేహం లేదు.

तत्रthere
तत्र:
अधिकरण (अधिकरणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
अभिषेकम्ablution
अभिषेकम्:
कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
कुर्वीतshould perform
कुर्वीत:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
षष्ठ-काल-उषितःhaving stayed for six periods
षष्ठ-काल-उषितः:
विशेषण (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्ठ-काल-उषित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘उषित’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘षष्ठकाले उषितः’ (having stayed for six periods)
नरःa man
नरः:
कर्ता (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
गच्छेत्would go
गच्छेत्:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘would/should go’
तुindeed/but
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक
सोम-लोकम्Soma’s world
सोम-लोकम्:
गन्तव्य-कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसोम-लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (गत्यर्थकर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सोमस्य लोकः)
तुindeed
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
कृत-कृत्यःone who has fulfilled his duty
कृत-कृत्यः:
विशेषण (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘कृतं कृत्यं येन’ (one who has done what is to be done)
not/no
:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
कर्ता (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Varāha (Viṣṇu)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
R
Ritual Prescriptions
S
Sacred Geography

FAQs

It illustrates the Purāṇic linkage between ritual observance at a specific site and a cosmological result, a characteristic feature of tīrtha-māhātmya literature.

The implied location is the previously named Haṃsakuṇḍa; this verse focuses on the ritual regimen rather than further topography.

The instruction promotes structured, time-bound observance and the ideal of purposeful action (kṛtakṛtya) within a disciplined ritual framework.

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