Varaha Purana 136.115: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 115

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितो देवि आचारस्य विनिश्चयः ॥ पूर्वं त्वया यत्पृष्टं तु किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.115

Transliteration

etat te kathito devi ācārasya viniścayaḥ || pūrvaṁ tvayā yat pṛṣṭaṁ tu kim anyac chrotum icchasi

Translation

โอ้เทวี บัดนี้เราได้กล่าวความวินิจฉัยว่าด้วยจริยาวัตรอันถูกต้องแก่เธอแล้ว สิ่งที่เธอเคยถามมาก่อนก็ได้ตอบแล้ว; ยังปรารถนาจะฟังสิ่งใดอีกหรือ

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; सन्दर्भे कर्मरूपे (object)

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kathitaḥ: told/related
• kathitaḥ: Kriya (क्रिया/predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom/1st), एकवचन; ‘एतत्’ इत्यस्य विधेय-भावः

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• ācārasya: of conduct/practice
• ācārasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• viniścayaḥ: determination/decision
• viniścayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viniścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• pūrvam: previously
• pūrvam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: previously/earlier)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (करण/agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yat: which/that (what)
• yat: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• pṛṣṭam: asked
• pṛṣṭam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• anyat: other/else
• anyat: Karma (कर्म/object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘किम्’

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + tumun (कृत्)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), अव्ययवत्; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• icchasi: do you wish
• icchasi: Kriya (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Didactic Closure

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It marks a formal closure typical of Purāṇic dialogue, indicating the end of a thematic unit (ācāra-nirṇaya) within the chapter.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified in this closing formula.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical content is meta-textual: it signals that the rules of conduct have been fully stated and invites further inquiry.