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Varaha Purana 176.35: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 35

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

आश्रिता कुलटाधर्मं कुलनाशो मया कृतः ॥ कुलद्वये च पुरुषा एकविंशतिसंख्यया ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 176.35

āśritā kulaṭā-dharmaṃ kula-nāśo mayā kṛtaḥ || kula-dvaye ca puruṣā ekaviṃśati-saṃkhyayā ||

కులటాధర్మాన్ని ఆశ్రయించి నేను కులనాశాన్ని చేసాను। అలాగే రెండు వంశాలలో ఇరవై ఒక మంది పురుషులు (ఈ దోషంతో) ప్రభావితులయ్యారు।

आश्रिताhaving resorted to / having adopted
आश्रिता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-श्रि (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (स्त्री-कर्तृवाचक/विषयवाचक)
कुलटा-धर्मम्the conduct of a harlot
कुलटा-धर्मम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुलटा (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुलटायाः धर्मः)
कुल-नाशःdestruction of the family/lineage
कुल-नाशः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुलस्य नाशः)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; एकवचन; तृतीया (3rd) विभक्ति; (instrumental)
कृतःdone / made
कृतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (कुल-नाशः ... कृतः)
कुल-द्वयेin the two families
कुल-द्वये:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकुल (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कुलयोः द्वयम्)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
पुरुषाःmen
पुरुषाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
एकविंशति-संख्ययाby the number twenty-one / numbering twenty-one
एकविंशति-संख्यया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootएकविंशति (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (एकविंशतेः संख्या)

Pṛthivī

C
Classical Literature
V
Vaishnavism
S
Social Ethics
K
Kula and Dharma

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It preserves a social-ethical vocabulary (kula, dharma, kula-nāśa) used in Purāṇic discourse to frame personal conduct in terms of wider kinship consequences.

No geographic marker appears; the verse is a confession of social and moral consequence.

Personal misconduct is portrayed as having cascading effects on families and communities, motivating responsibility and later expiation.

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