Varaha Purana 144.38: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 38

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

अनविच्छिन्नया भक्त्या वरं वरय सुव्रते ॥ किं देयं तद्वदस्वाशु प्रीतोऽस्मि वरवर्णिनि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.38

Transliteration

anavicchinnayā bhaktyā varaṁ varaya suvrate || kiṁ deyaṁ tad vadasvāśu prīto'smi varavarṇini ||

Translation

“ด้วยภักติที่ไม่ขาดสาย โอ้ผู้เคร่งครัดในพรต จงเลือกพรประการหนึ่ง บอกมาโดยเร็วว่าอยากให้ประทานสิ่งใด; โอ้ผู้มีอวัยวะงดงาม เราพอพระทัยแล้ว”

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Word by Word

• अनविच्छिन्नया: with unbroken
• अनविच्छिन्नया: Visheshana (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनविच्छिन्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) ‘unbroken’

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• वरय: choose/request
• वरय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु) (वरयति)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रते: O woman of good vows
• सुव्रते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थक (gerundive/तव्यत्) ‘to be given’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वदस्व: tell (me)
• वदस्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वर-वर्णिनि: O fair/excellent-complexioned lady
• वर-वर्णिनि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्णिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (excellent + complexioned)

Speaker

Varāha (default framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Bhakti Motifs
• Narrative Theology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a formulaic boon-offer scene that structures many Purāṇic narratives, showing how devotion and asceticism are narratively converted into social/cosmic outcomes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse; it functions within the Revā-khaṇḍa frame that links boons to sacral landscapes.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Consistency of practice—‘uninterrupted devotion’—is presented as ethically efficacious, shaping one’s capacity to ask for and receive a constructive boon.