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Varaha Purana 170.2: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 2

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

तस्य भार्या सुशीला तु नाम्ना गुणसमन्विता ॥ भर्त्तुः प्रियकरी साध्वी न प्रसूता वयोऽधिका

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.2

tasya bhāryā suśīlā tu nāmnā guṇasamanvitā || bharttuḥ priyakarī sādhvī na prasūtā vayo'dhikā

అతని భార్య సుశీలా అనే పేరుతో, గుణసంపన్నురాలు—భర్తకు ప్రియముగా నడుచుకొనెడి సాధ్వి; అయితే ఆమెకు సంతానం కలుగలేదు, వయస్సు కూడా ముదిరింది.

तस्यof him
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
भार्याwife
भार्या:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
सुशीलाvirtuous/gentle-natured
सुशीला:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुशील (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: सु + शील (कर्मधारय: 'good-natured')
तुindeed/but
तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विशेष/विरोधार्थक (particle)
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; 'by name' idiom
गुणसमन्विताendowed with virtues
गुणसमन्विता:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुण-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: गुण + समन्वित (तत्पुरुष: 'endowed with qualities')
भर्तुःof (her) husband
भर्तुः:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootभर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
प्रियकरीpleasing (to him)
प्रियकरी:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय-करिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समास: प्रिय + करिन् (तत्पुरुष: 'doing what is dear')
साध्वीchaste/virtuous woman
साध्वी:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसाध्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
नnot
न:
निषेध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
प्रसूताhaving borne (a child)
प्रसूता:
विधेय (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रसूता (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from प्र- सू)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृत् (past participle): 'having given birth' (negated here)
वयःage
वयः:
सम्बन्ध/विधेय (Predicate element)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन
अधिकाadvanced/greater
अधिका:
विधेय (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'greater/advanced' agreeing with implied स्त्री (she) or with अवस्था

Varāha

P
Purāṇic Literature
G
Gender and Family
E
Ethical Portraiture
C
Cultural History

FAQs

It preserves a socially recognizable theme—childlessness and aging—within a moralized narrative framework common to Purāṇic literature.

The broader setting remains Mathurā from the preceding verse.

The verse emphasizes virtues within household life (guṇa, sādhutva) independent of social outcomes such as progeny.

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