Varaha Purana 149.30: Adhyaya 149, Shloka 30

The Sacred Geography and Merit of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

सर्वसङ्गं परित्यज्य मम लोकं स गच्छति ॥ तत्राश्चर्यं महाभागे कथ्यमानं मया शृणु ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 149.30

Transliteration

sarvasaṅgaṃ parityajya mama lokaṃ sa gacchati || tatrāścaryaṃ mahābhāge kathyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu ||

Translation

เมื่อละสังโยชน์ทั้งปวงแล้ว เขาย่อมไปสู่โลกของเรา บัดนี้ โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง จงฟังความอัศจรรย์ ณ ที่นั้น ตามที่เรากล่าวบรรยาย

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Word by Word

• sarva-saṅgam: all attachment
• sarva-saṅgam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः: ‘all attachment’

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भाव (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्गः परि-; ‘having abandoned’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• lokam: world / realm
• lokam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• gacchati: goes
• gacchati: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• āścaryam: a wonder
• āścaryam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate lady
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—बहुव्रीहिः: ‘she who has great fortune’

• kathyamānam: being told
• kathyamānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present passive participle; शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śṛṇu: hear
• śṛṇu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma and Ethics
• Soteriology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic pedagogical move: ethical instruction (non-attachment) followed by a narrative ‘marvel’ to reinforce place-based authority and memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse continues within the Prabhāsa tīrtha narrative frame, transitioning from terrestrial tīrtha practice to results described as ‘my realm’ (mama loka).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Renounce all attachment (saṅga) as a key condition for the highest outcome described.