Varaha Purana 140.2: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 2

The Greatness of Kokāmukha (Badarī): Varāha’s Hidden Abode and the Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

किं च ते परमं स्थानं यत्र मूर्त्याकृतिर्भवान्॥ कस्मिन्स्थाने कृतं कर्म येन यात्युत्तमां गतिम्॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.2

Transliteration

kiṁ ca te paramaṁ sthānaṁ yatra mūrtyākṛtir bhavān || kasmin sthāne kṛtaṁ karma yena yāty uttamāṁ gatim

Translation

แล้วที่ประทับสูงสุดของพระองค์คือที่ใด ที่ซึ่งพระองค์ทรงสถิตในรูปกายอันเป็นมูรติ? ณ สถานที่ใดการกระทำ (กรรม) จึงถูกประกอบขึ้น ซึ่งทำให้ผู้กระทำบรรลุคติอันสูงสุด?

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Word by Word

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

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; pronoun

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; superlative adjective qualifying स्थानम्

• स्थानम्: abode/place
• स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• मूर्ति: form/embodiment
• मूर्ति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• आकृतिः: appearance/form
• आकृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: मूर्तेः आकृतिः = 'form of embodiment'

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; honorific 2nd-person pronoun

• कस्मिन्: in which
• कस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; interrogative

• स्थाने: in (what) place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/performed
• कृतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृ-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभावः

• कर्म: deed/ritual act
• कर्म: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• उत्तमाम्: highest
• उत्तमाम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; qualifying गतिम्

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Dharaṇī / Pṛthivī (continuing inquiry)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Māhātmya
• Dharma Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects how Purāṇic texts connect geography to ethical and ritual action, shaping pilgrimage and localized religious practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; it asks for the identification of the supreme abode and the efficacious site of practice.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames human action (karma) as meaningful within particular contexts, inviting discernment about where and how practices are undertaken.