Varaha Purana 136.126: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 126

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

दशवर्षसहस्राणि नरके परिपच्यते ॥ प्रायश्चित्तं प्रवक्ष्यामि तच्च मे वदतः शृणु ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 136.126

Transliteration

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi narake paripacyate || prāyaścittaṁ pravakṣyāmi tac ca me vadataḥ śṛṇu

Translation

เขาถูก ‘ต้มสุก’ คือถูกทรมานในนรกเป็นเวลาหนึ่งหมื่นปี เราจักกล่าวปรายัศจิตตะ; จงฟังเราเมื่อเรากล่าวเถิด

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Word by Word

• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: ten thousand years
• दशवर्षसहस्राणि: Karma (कर्म/Object; duration as measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश + वर्ष + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (दश-वर्षाणां सहस्राणि = ten-thousand years)

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• परिपच्यते: is tormented (lit. cooked)
• परिपच्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + पच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद/कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: is cooked/tormented)

• प्रायश्चित्तम्: expiation
• प्रायश्चित्तम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रायश्चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I will explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मे: my/of me
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वदतः: while I am speaking / of me speaking
• वदतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (genitive singular: 'of (me) speaking')

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Prāyaścitta
• Afterlife Imagery

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It demonstrates a standard Purāṇic rhetorical pairing: strong afterlife consequence imagery followed by an offer of corrective practice (prāyaścitta), aligning narrative persuasion with ritual-ethical instruction.

Which geographic location is identified?

Naraka is an infernal realm in cosmological geography rather than a historical terrestrial location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It urges attentive learning of expiation practices, presenting them as remedies within the text’s moral framework.