Varaha Purana 174.39: Adhyaya 174, Shloka 39

The Sanctifying Power of River Confluences: Release from the Preta-State and the Rite of Śravaṇa Dvādaśī with Vāmana Worship

Devanagari script

तेनैव चोदरस्थेन स प्रेतो जायते ध्रुवम् ॥ नग्नकापालिपाषण्डसङ्गतासनभोजनैः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 174.39

Transliteration

tenaiva codarasthena sa preto jāyate dhruvam || nagnakāpālipaṣaṇḍasaṅgatāsanabhojanaiḥ

Translation

ด้วยอาหารนั้นเองที่ค้างอยู่ในท้อง เขาย่อมเป็นเปรตโดยแน่นอน; อีกทั้งด้วยการคบหาสมาคมกับนักบวชเปลือย ผู้ถือกะโหลก และพวกนอกลัทธิ/ลัทธิผิด—โดยการนั่งและกินร่วมกับพวกเขา

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Word by Word

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण) / Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• eva: indeed / alone
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• udara-sthena: by what is in the stomach
• udara-sthena: Karaṇa (करण) / Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘उदरे स्थित’ (located in the belly)

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

• pretaḥ: a preta
• pretaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) in predicate-state
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jāyate: is born / becomes
• jāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb)

• nagna-kāpāli-pāṣaṇḍa-saṅgata-āsana-bhojanaiḥ: by association, seating, and eating with naked ascetics, Kāpālikas, and heretics
• nagna-kāpāli-pāṣaṇḍa-saṅgata-āsana-bhojanaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण) / Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagna (प्रातिपदिक) + kāpāli (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṣaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅgata (कृदन्त, सम्+गम् धातु) + āsana (प्रातिपदिक) + bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collective copulative): ‘(by) association/seat/food with naked (ascetics), Kāpālika-s, and heretics’

Speaker

Vipra (continuation; explicit speaker began at 42)

Tags

• Purāṇic Polemical Vocabulary
• Dharma-śāstra discourse
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves sectarian labeling and social-boundary language valuable for mapping inter-tradition perceptions in medieval/late-classical Sanskrit discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name appears here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The text warns that certain foods and certain associations (especially commensality) are portrayed as leading to an undesirable post-mortem state.