Varaha Purana 173.2: Adhyaya 173, Shloka 2

Account of Gokarṇa’s Śuka-Satra, Temple Consecration, and the Resulting Merit

Devanagari script

सम्मान्य पूजयामास यथाविभवशक्तितः ॥ मथुरावासिभिर्लोकैरुद्यानं कारयंस्तदा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 173.2

Transliteration

sammānya pūjayāmāsa yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ || mathurā-vāsibhir lokair udyānaṃ kārayaṃs tadā

Translation

เขาได้ให้เกียรติและบูชาตามกำลังทรัพย์ของตน; และในกาลนั้นร่วมกับชาวเมืองมถุรา ได้ให้จัดสร้างอุทยานขึ้น

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Word by Word

• सम्मान्य: having honored
• सम्मान्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-मान् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; periphrastic perfect

• यथा-विभव-शक्तितः: according to (his) means and ability
• यथा-विभव-शक्तितः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विभव (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय; adverb ‘according to capacity’

• मथुरा-वासिभिः: by the residents of Mathurā
• मथुरा-वासिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथुरा (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (मथुरायां वासिनः) instrumental plural

• लोकैः: by the people
• लोकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• उद्यानम्: a garden
• उद्यानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कारयन्: having (it) made / causing (it) to be made
• कारयन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; present active participle ‘causing to be made’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय; adverb of time

Speaker

Varāha (narration)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ancient Geography
• Cultural Heritage
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a literary memory of civic beautification (garden/park construction) and collective participation, useful for studying ideals of urban culture in Sanskrit narrative sources.

Which geographic location is identified?

Mathurā is explicitly mentioned; it is commonly identified with modern Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

One should honour others and undertake beneficial works in proportion to one’s capacity (yathā-vibhava-śaktitaḥ).