Varaha Purana 140.40: Adhyaya 140, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

सप्तद्वीपमत्क्रम्य मम लोकं तु गच्छति ॥ अस्ति धर्मोद्भवं नाम तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे परे मम

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 140.40

Transliteration

saptadvīpam atikramya mama lokaṃ tu gacchati || asti dharmodbhavaṃ nāma tasmin kṣetre pare mama

Translation

ครั้นก้าวล่วงพ้นทวีปทั้งเจ็ดแล้ว เขาย่อมไปสู่โลกของเราโดยแท้ ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์อันสูงสุดของเรานั้น มีสถานที่ชื่อว่า ‘ธรรมโททภวะ’

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Word by Word

• sapta-dvīpam: the seven islands/continents (as a set)
• sapta-dvīpam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास

• atikramya: having crossed, having passed beyond
• atikramya: Kriyā (क्रिया/Preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati + kram (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• lokam: world, realm
• lokam: Karma (कर्म/Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrast particle)

• gacchati: goes, reaches
• gacchati: Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• asti: there is
• asti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Existence)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• dharma-udbhavam: (a place) ‘Dharma-udbhava’ (born of dharma)
• dharma-udbhavam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of asti)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (धर्मात् उद्भवः)

• nāma: named
• nāma: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Naming marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशार्थक (quotative: ‘named’)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/region
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• pare: supreme, higher
• pare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mama: of me, my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Varāha (default instructor in Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides a named sacred toponym (Dharmodbhava) within a Purāṇic mapping of worlds, useful for indexing pilgrimage geography and textual place-lists.

Which geographic location is identified?

A kṣetra named Dharmodbhava; the fragment does not supply coordinates or modern identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames spiritual attainment as movement from cosmographic space toward an idealized ‘realm,’ emphasizing progression through disciplined practice.