Varaha Purana 176.6: Adhyaya 176, Shloka 6

The Māhātmya of Kṛṣṇagaṅgodbhava, Kāliñjara, and the Five Sacred Baths: The Tale of Pāñcāla and Tilottamā

Devanagari script

धात्रेयिकायास्तस्याश्च बहुमानपुरःसरम् ॥ वस्त्राणि बद्धरूपाणि कटकानां शतानि च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 176.6

Transliteration

dhātreyikāyās tasyāś ca bahumānapuraḥsaram | vastrāṇi baddharūpāṇi kaṭakānāṃ śatāni ca ||

Translation

โดยยกความเคารพบูชาไว้เป็นเบื้องหน้า เขาได้ถวายแก่ธาตเรยิกานั้น ทั้งผ้าภูษาที่ตัดเย็บอย่างประณีต และกำไล (กฏกะ) นับร้อยด้วย

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Word by Word

• धात्रेयिकायाः: of Dhātreyikā
• धात्रेयिकायाः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धात्रेयिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• बहुमान-पुरःसरम्: preceded by great respect
• बहुमान-पुरःसरम्: विशेषण (of implied gift/act)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुमान-पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुमानः पुरःसरः यस्य तत्)

• वस्त्राणि: garments
• वस्त्राणि: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बद्ध-रूपाणि: fashioned/arranged in forms
• बद्ध-रूपाणि: विशेषण (of वस्त्राणि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बद्ध-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (बद्धं रूपं येषाम्)

• कटकानाम्: of bracelets
• कटकानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Varāha (continuation of narration)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Gift Economy
• Sanskrit Lexicography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents prestige goods (garments, bracelets) and honor-language, useful for reconstructing imagined social exchange in Purāṇic narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name appears in this verse; it continues the episode set in the Mathurā context.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds bahumāna (respect) as the socially valued framing of giving, though the broader narrative may critique desire-driven generosity.