Varaha Purana 170.65: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 65

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Uttara Bhāga (probable) · Mitigation by Boon (Vara) within Narrative Ethics

Devanagari script

आगामिकाले दास्यामि वरमस्मै शुकाय भो ॥ युष्माकमुपरोधेन यथारूपो विहङ्गमः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 170.65

Transliteration

āgāmikāle dāsyāmi varam asmai śukāya bho || yuṣmākam uparodhena yathārūpo vihaṅgamaḥ ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

“ในกาลภายหน้า โอ้ภō เราจักประทานพรแก่ศุกะผู้นี้; ด้วยคำวิงวอนของพวกท่าน เขาจักเป็นนกตามรูปเช่นนั้นตามที่กำหนดไว้”

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Word by Word

• āgāmi-kāle: in the future time
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन); 'āgāmi-kāla' = in the coming time
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: āgāmin + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)

• dāsyāmi: I will give
• Type: Verb
• Form: Luṭ (लुट्, Periphrastic Future), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), First person (उत्तमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: dā (दा धातु)

• varam: a boon
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)

• asmai: to him
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• śukāya: to Śuka
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to 'asmai'
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: śuka (प्रातिपदिक)

• bho: O!
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Vocative particle (सम्बोधन-अव्यय)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: bho (अव्यय)

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• uparodhena: by (your) insistence/pressure
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: uparodha (प्रातिपदिक)

• yathā-rūpaḥ: of such a form / as is appropriate
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); avyayībhāva 'yathā' + 'rūpa' = 'according to form'; predicate adjective
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: yathā + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)

• vihaṅgamaḥ: bird
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: vihaṅgama (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• varam asmai (no sandhi change)
• yuṣmākam uparodhena → yuṣmākam uparodhena
• yathārūpo → yathā-rūpaḥ (visarga lost in external sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Karuna and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ethical causality (shapa-vara)

Subjects

EthicsNarrative Theology (neutral archival framing)Compassion & Mitigation

Core idea

Even when a constraint/curse operates, divine grace can reconfigure its outcome through a boon aligned with devotees’ request.

In practice

When facing adverse fate, seek dharmic mediation and redirect consequences toward constructive ends.

The Varaha avatara

Aspect

Compassion

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Boon-and-Curse Motif
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows the paired narrative mechanism of śāpa and vara—curse balanced by boon—common in Purāṇic storytelling to encode moral causality with restorative outcomes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text models mitigation and compassion through intercession, without denying accountability for earlier misconduct.