Varaha Purana 187.5: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 5

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं विस्तरेण वदस्व मे ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ साधु भूमे महाभागे यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.5

Transliteration

etad icchāmy ahaṁ śrotuṁ vistareṇa vadasva me || śrīvarāha uvāca || sādhu bhūme mahābhāge yan māṁ tvaṁ paripṛcchasi ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะสดับโดยพิสดาร โปรดตรัสบอกแก่ข้าพเจ้าเถิด ศรีวราหะตรัสว่า: ดีแล้ว โอ้พระธรณีผู้มีมหาภาค ที่เจ้าถามเราด้วยประการนี้

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Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (कर्म/object of śrotum/icchāmi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• icchāmi: I wish
• icchāmi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/purpose complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to hear’

• vistareṇa: in detail
• vistareṇa: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण; manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental of manner)

• vadasva: tell; speak
• vadasva: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• me: to me
• me: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/to me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन (enclitic)

• śrī-varāhaḥ: the revered Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक) + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (honorific epithet): ‘श्रीमान् वराहः’

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sādhu: good; well said
• sādhu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; interjection)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रशंसावाचक (approbative particle: well/done)

• bhūme: O Earth
• bhūme: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate one
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन; qualifier of bhūme)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘महान् भागः यस्याः सा’ (highly fortunate)

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (कर्म; ‘that which’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative) used as object-clause marker

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म/object of paripṛcchasi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• paripṛcchasi: ask; inquire
• paripṛcchasi: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√prach (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Pṛthivī (first half), Varāha (second half)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Didactic Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the Purāṇic dialogic teaching style: the inquirer requests ‘vistara’ (detail), and the teacher validates inquiry as the gateway to transmitted knowledge.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is named; the address “Bhūmi/Dharaṇī” is personified Earth rather than a site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Responsible learning: asking carefully and seeking detail is presented as a commendable intellectual and ethical practice.