Varaha Purana 3.8: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 8

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा मया विष्णुः पुराणः पुरुषः शिवः । आराधितो मया भक्त्या जपं नारायणात्मकम् ॥ ३.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 3.8

Transliteration

tatra gatvā mayā viṣṇuḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ śivaḥ | ārādhito mayā bhaktyā japaṃ nārāyaṇātmakam || 3.8 ||

Translation

అక్కడికి వెళ్లి నేను భక్తితో విష్ణువును—ప్రాచీనుడు, పరమపురుషుడు, శివమంగళస్వరూపుడు—ఆరాధించాను; నారాయణాత్మక జపాన్ని చేశాను.

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Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having gone’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुराणः: ancient
• पुराणः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• पुरुषः: the Person
• पुरुषः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः उपाधि/विशेषणार्थे

• शिवः: auspicious
• शिवः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विष्णोः विशेषण

• आराधितः: was worshipped
• आराधितः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was worshipped’

• मया: by me
• मया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘with devotion’

• जपम्: recitation (japa)
• जपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• नारायणात्मकम्: Nārāyaṇa-formed / pertaining to Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणात्मकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायण + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (नारायणः आत्मा/स्वरूपं यस्य); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having the nature of Nārāyaṇa’ (qualifying जपम्)

Speaker

Varāha (default, as per primary dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaishnavism
• Mantra Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern in which pilgrimage or movement to a significant place is paired with devotional practice (ārādhana) and disciplined recitation (japa), preserving early medieval Sanskrit religio-philosophical vocabulary in a narrative frame.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse uses the deictic term 'tatra' (“there”) without naming a site in this excerpt; identification depends on the immediately preceding verses that specify the location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage foregrounds disciplined devotion—worship performed with bhakti and sustained japa—as a normative spiritual practice, presented descriptively rather than as coercive command.