Varaha Purana 167.28: Adhyaya 167, Shloka 28

The Glory of the Viśrānti Tīrtha and the Account of a Rākṣasa’s Liberation

Devanagari script

पलायमानः स परमन्धकूपेऽपतत्तदा ॥ मृतोऽसौ पतितस्तत्र राक्षसत्वमुपागतः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 167.28

Transliteration

palāyamānaḥ sa paramandhakūpe 'patat tadā || mṛto 'sau patitas tatra rākṣasatvam upāgataḥ

Translation

เมื่อกำลังหลบหนี เขาก็ตกลงไปในบ่อที่มืดมิดยิ่งนัก ครั้นตกลงไปที่นั่นแล้วถึงแก่ความตาย และได้บรรลุสภาพเป็นรากษส

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Word by Word

• पलायमानः: fleeing
• पलायमानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान-कृदन्त/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परम्-अन्ध-कूपे: in the very dark well
• परम्-अन्ध-कूपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (परमः अन्धः कूपः)

• अपतत्: fell
• अपतत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• मृतः: dead
• मृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त, √मृ धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त, √पत् धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• राक्षसत्वम्: demonhood
• राक्षसत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उपागतः: attained / came to
• उपागतः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past active participle in sense of ‘having come/attained’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (implicit)

Tags

• Varāha Purāṇa
• Purāṇic Ethics
• Sanskrit Narrative Literature
• Moral Psychology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a widespread Purāṇic narrative device: moral decline is dramatized through physical descent and post-mortem transformation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific external location is named; the ‘dark well’ functions as a narrative setting rather than a mapped site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse conveys that harmful conduct can lead to degraded states of existence, expressed through symbolic imagery of falling and darkness.