Varaha Purana 199.35: Adhyaya 199, Shloka 35

Description of the Torments of Rebirth: The Asipatravana Punishment and the Mechanics of Karmic Retribution

Devanagari script

अस्थिपाषाणवर्षाणि रुधिरस्य बलाहकाः॥ अश्मवर्षाणि ते घोराः पातयन्ति सहस्रशः॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 199.35

Transliteration

asthipāṣāṇavarṣāṇi rudhirasya balāhakāḥ || aśmavarṣāṇi te ghorāḥ pātayanti sahasraśaḥ

Translation

రక్తమేఘాలు ఎముకలు మరియు రాళ్ల వర్షాన్ని కురిపిస్తాయి; ఆ ఘోరులు వేల సంఖ్యలో శిలావర్షాన్ని పడేస్తారు.

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Word by Word

• asthi-pāṣāṇa-varṣāṇi: showers of bones and stones
• asthi-pāṣāṇa-varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asthi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः in sense ‘rains of bones and stones’

• rudhirasya: of blood
• rudhirasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• balāhakāḥ: clouds
• balāhakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: balāhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• aśma-varṣāṇi: stone-showers
• aśma-varṣāṇi: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśman (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural; तत्पुरुषः (‘stone-rains’)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• ghorāḥ: terrible
• ghorāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying te (balāhakāḥ implied)

• pātayanti: cause to fall / rain down
• pātayanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pat (धातु) [causative √pat → pātayati]
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; causative (णिच्)

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Imagery
• Dharma Discourse
• Indic Eschatology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows a stylized Purāṇic use of hyperbolic natural imagery (clouds, rain) to represent moral retribution in narrative form.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named; the scene is part of a mythic infernal landscape.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse reinforces the text’s moral causality: harmful conduct is associated with violent, overwhelming consequences.