Varaha Purana 163.2: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 2

The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image

Devanagari script

मिथिलायां पुरी रम्या जनकेन च पालिता ॥ मिथिलावासिनो लोकास्तीर्थयात्रां समागताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.2

Transliteration

mithilāyāṃ purī ramyā janakena ca pālitā || mithilā-vāsino lokās tīrtha-yātrāṃ samāgatāḥ ||

Translation

ในมิถิลา มีนครอันรื่นรมย์ซึ่งพระชนกทรงปกครอง; และชาวมิถิลาทั้งหลายได้มาชุมนุมกันเพื่อออกจาริกไปยังตีรถะอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์

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Word by Word

• mithilāyām: in Mithilā
• mithilāyām: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• purī: city
• purī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• ramyā: beautiful
• ramyā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ramya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with 'purī'

• janakena: by Janaka
• janakena: Kartr-karana (कर्ता-करण/कर्तृसाधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• pālitā: protected/ruled
• pālitā: Kriya (क्रिया/कर्मणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pālita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √pāl)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used predicatively with 'purī'

• mithilā-vāsinaḥ: residents of Mithilā
• mithilā-vāsinaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mithilā (प्रातिपदिक) + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक; from √vas)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• lokāḥ: people
• lokāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tīrtha-yātrām: pilgrimage to a sacred place
• tīrtha-yātrām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• samāgatāḥ: assembled/came together
• samāgatāḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √gam)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); predicative with 'lokāḥ'

Speaker

Varāha (narrative voice continuing)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links a well-known cultural-historical figure (Janaka) with an urban-pilgrimage setting, illustrating how Purāṇas map ethical and social life onto named landscapes.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mithilā is identified (classically associated with the Mithilā region in North Bihar and adjoining areas); ‘Janaka’ connects it with the Videha tradition in Sanskrit literature.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Collective participation in tīrtha-yātrā is portrayed as a socially organized practice, implying communal stewardship of sacred routes and places.