Varaha Purana 149.21: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 21

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

एवं ते कथितं भूमे वृष्ण्यादेः शापकाणम् ॥ तत्र स्थानानि मे भूमे कथ्यमानानि मे शृणु ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.21

Transliteration

evaṃ te kathitaṃ bhūme vṛṣṇyādeḥ śāpakāraṇam || tatra sthānāni me bhūme kathyamānāni me śṛṇu ||

Translation

ดังนี้แล โอพระแม่ธรณี ข้าพเจ้าได้บอกเหตุแห่งคำสาปที่ตกแก่พวกวฤษณีและเหล่าอื่นแล้ว บัดนี้ โอพระแม่ธรณี จงฟังเมื่อข้าพเจ้าจะพรรณนาสถานที่ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ของข้าพเจ้า ณ ที่นั้น

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/in this manner)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• कथितम्: told/related
• कथितम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (it has been told)

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• वृष्ण्यादेः: of the Vṛṣṇis and others
• वृष्ण्यादेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णि + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (vṛṣṇi-ādi = 'Vṛṣṇi and others'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• शापकाणम्: the cause of the curse
• शापकाणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (cause of a curse); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there/in that context)

• स्थानानि: places/sites
• स्थानानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• कथ्यमानानि: being described/told
• कथ्यमानानि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle/वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण to स्थानानि

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

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage
• Vaiṣṇava Sacred Sites

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It marks a structural pivot typical of Purāṇas: moral-etiological narrative leads into a catalog of sacred places, supporting pilgrimage geography and cultural memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse signals “tatra” (“there”) as the setting for site-description; the explicit place-name appears in the next verse (Dvārakā).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text shifts from ethical consequence (curse causality) toward cultural heritage instruction: remembering and mapping sacred sites as part of communal tradition.