Varaha Purana 140.21: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 21

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

Devanagari script

क्रौञ्चद्वीपे प्रजायेत मम भक्तिपरायणः ॥ तत्राथ मुञ्चति प्राणान्गुह्यस्थाने परे मम ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.21

Transliteration

krauñcadvīpe prajāyeta mama bhaktiparāyaṇaḥ || tatrātha muñcati prāṇān guhyasthāne pare mama ||

Translation

ด้วยความมุ่งมั่นในภักติแด่เราโดยสิ้นเชิง เขาย่อมบังเกิดในเกราญจทวีป; และที่นั่นเอง ณ สถานลับอันสูงสุดของเรา เขาย่อมสละลมหายใจชีวิตของตน

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Word by Word

• क्रौञ्चद्वीपे: in Krauñcadvīpa
• क्रौञ्चद्वीपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौञ्च + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्रौञ्चस्य द्वीपः)

• प्रजायेत: may be born
• प्रजायेत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √जन् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• भक्तिपरायणः: devoted to devotion / wholly devoted
• भक्तिपरायणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (अध्याहृतः ‘सः/नरः’); समासः तत्पुरुषः (भक्तौ परायणः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle: then/now)

• मुञ्चति: releases/lets go
• मुञ्चति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्राणान्: life-breaths / vital airs
• प्राणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

• गुह्यस्थाने: in the secret place
• गुह्यस्थाने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुह्य + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘गुह्यं स्थानम्’)

• परे: supreme
• परे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गुह्यस्थाने)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Cosmography
• Devotional Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows how Purāṇic texts intertwine cosmography (dvīpas) with devotional identity and the imagery of a final sacred destination.

Which geographic location is identified?

Krauñcadvīpa is a Purāṇic dvīpa (cosmological region), not directly equivalent to a single modern geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Sustained devotion (bhaktiparāyaṇatā) is presented as the guiding orientation shaping one’s destiny.