Varaha Purana 122.39: Adhyaya 122, Shloka 39

The Greatness of Kokāmukha

Sacred Site Eulogy and Salvific Narrative

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वानवद्याङ्गी भर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ किमिदं तव भद्रं ते वेदना जायते शिरॆ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 122.39

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvānavadyāṅgī bhartāram idam abravīt || kim idaṃ tava bhadraṃ te vedanā jāyate śire ||

Translation

แล้วสตรีผู้มีอวัยวะไร้ที่ติกล่าวแก่สามีว่า “ท่านผู้เป็นที่รัก นี่คืออะไรเล่า? ดูประหนึ่งว่าความปวดเกิดขึ้นที่ศีรษะของท่าน”

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Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• सर्व-अनवद्य-अङ्गी: she of flawless limbs
• सर्व-अनवद्य-अङ्गी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अनवद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गिन्/अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्या अङ्गानि सर्वथा अनवद्यानि’ (she whose limbs are wholly faultless)

• भर्तारम्: husband
• भर्तारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• इदम्: this (speech/statement)
• इदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘किम् इदम्’ = what is this

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भद्रम्: good fortune/well-being
• भद्रम्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक-प्रयोग (benedictive usage)

• ते: to you/for you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वेदना: pain/ache
• वेदना: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शिरे: in the head
• शिरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (female interlocutor; within default framework: Pṛthivī-like inquirer role)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Dialogic Instruction

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative device: domestic dialogue used to introduce broader reflections on embodied suffering and the human condition.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly identified in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse models attentive care and inquiry—an ethical stance of concern toward another’s suffering.