Varaha Purana 148.1: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 1

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

अथ स्तुतस्वामिमाहात्म्यम् ॥ सूत उवाच ॥ गोनिष्क्रमणमाहात्म्यं श्रुत्वा गुह्यमनुत्तमम् ॥ विस्मयं परमं गत्वा सर्वरत्नविभूषिता

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 148.1

Transliteration

atha stutasvāmimāhātmyam || sūta uvāca || goniṣkramaṇamāhātmyaṁ śrutvā guhyam anuttamam || vismayaṁ paramaṁ gatvā sarvaratnavibhūṣitā

Translation

บัดนี้เริ่มการสรรเสริญมหาตมะของสตุทัสวามิน สุทากล่าวว่า: ครั้นได้ฟังเรื่องลี้ลับอันยอดยิ่งไร้ผู้เทียบของ ‘โคนิษกรมณะ’ คือการนำโคออกไป นางผู้ประดับด้วยรัตนะทั้งปวงก็เข้าสู่ความพิศวงสูงสุด

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Word by Word

• atha: then/now
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/particle (मङ्गलार्थ/अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय)

• stuta-svāmi-māhātmyam: the greatness of the praised Lord
• stuta-svāmi-māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuta (कृदन्त, √stu धातु) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा) or Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्तुतस्य स्वामिनः माहात्म्यम् / स्तुतस्वामिमाहात्म्यम्)

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); परस्मैपद

• go-niṣkramaṇa-māhātmyam: the greatness of the cow’s departure/going out
• go-niṣkramaṇa-māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + niṣkramaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गोनिष्क्रमणस्य माहात्म्यम्)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त)

• guhyam: secret
• guhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण (to māhātmyam)

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण (to māhātmyam)

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• paramam: supreme, great
• paramam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); विशेषण (to vismayam)

• gatvā: having gone/attained
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त)

• sarva-ratna-vibhūṣitā: adorned with all jewels
• sarva-ratna-vibhūṣitā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + ratna (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhūṣitā (कृदन्त, √bhūṣ धातु, क्त)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः रत्नैः विभूषिता)

Speaker

Sūta

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sacred Geography
• Pastoral Culture

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It marks a formal transition into a named māhātmya unit, a common Purāṇic editorial structure used to frame local traditions, pilgrimage networks, and ritual narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit toponym appears in this opening line; it introduces the Stutasvāmin-related section whose geography is typically clarified in subsequent verses.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

By foregrounding goniṣkramaṇa, it gestures toward pastoral stewardship and the cultural value placed on protective practices around cattle within Purāṇic discourse.