Varaha Purana 162.29: Adhyaya 162, Shloka 29

The Efficacy and Merit of Cakra-tīrtha

Devanagari script

ततः प्राणान्परित्यज्य गतोऽसौ कालवर्त्तनम् ॥ स्नात्वा भुक्त्वा ततो गत्वा प्रेक्ष्य तं पितरं मृतम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 162.29

Transliteration

tataḥ prāṇān parityajya gato ’sau kāla-varttanam || snātvā bhuktvā tato gatvā prekṣya taṁ pitaraṁ mṛtam ||

Translation

แล้วเขาละทิ้งลมหายใจชีวิต เข้าสู่ครรลองแห่งกาล (คือถึงความตาย) ครั้นอาบน้ำและรับประทานแล้ว จึงไปเห็นบิดาของตนสิ้นชีวิต

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Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Discourse/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यज्य (ल्यप्/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल

• गतः: went
• गतः: क्रिया (Main predication)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचन पुल्लिङ्ग; विधेय (predicative)

• असौ: that person (he)
• असौ: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• कालवर्त्तनम्: the course/realm of Time (death)
• कालवर्त्तनम्: कर्म (Karma/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + वर्त्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitival: ‘of time’); द्वितीया एकवचन नपुंसकलिङ्ग; गत्यर्थकर्म (goal)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• भुक्त्वा: having eaten
• भुक्त्वा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुक्त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम (sequence)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• प्रेक्ष्य: having looked at / seeing
• प्रेक्ष्य: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष् (धातु) → प्रेक्ष्य (ल्यप्/अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerund), पूर्वकाल

• तम्: him
• तम्: कर्म (Object of seeing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: कर्म (Apposition to ‘तम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु) → मृत (कृदन्त, क्त/PPP)
• Form: द्वितीया एकवचन पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifier of ‘पितरम्’)

Speaker

Narrator (default dialogue frame: Varāha → Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records standard Sanskrit idioms for death and highlights how daily ritual actions are embedded in narrative timekeeping.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Human life is portrayed as subject to kāla (Time), with death presented as a decisive narrative consequence.