Varaha Purana 112.5: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 5

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ शृणुष्व देवि तत्त्वेन पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥ यच्छ्रुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.5

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca || śṛṇuṣva devi tattvena pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam || yac chrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ศรีวราหะตรัสว่า: “จงฟังเถิด โอ้เทวี โดยความจริงแท้ นี่เป็นถ้อยคำอันชำระให้บริสุทธิ์และทำลายบาป เมื่อได้ฟังแล้ว ย่อมพ้นจากบาปทั้งปวง—หาได้มีความสงสัยไม่”

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Word by Word

• श्रीवराह: Śrī Varāha
• श्रीवराह: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-वराह (प्रातिपदिक; components: श्री + वराह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् वराहः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• तत्त्वेन: truly / in essence
• तत्त्वेन: Prakaraṇa (प्रकरण/Adverbial manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental of manner: ‘in truth’)

• पवित्रम्: purifier / sacred (teaching)
• पवित्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• पापनाशनम्: destroyer of sins
• पापनाशनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; components: पाप + नाशन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पापस्य नाशनम्)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-पाप (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + पाप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि पापानि)

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• न: not
• न: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Desha-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Soteriological Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It uses a common Purāṇic pedagogical preface—inviting attentive listening and promising moral purification—reflecting the genre’s emphasis on transmission through recitation and hearing.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is identified; the verse serves as an instructional prelude.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text presents ethical transformation as linked to attentive reception of teaching (śravaṇa), framed in neutral terms as moral purification.