Varaha Purana 218.3: Adhyaya 218, Shloka 3

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समाप्तं वाराहं महापुराणं शुभम् ॥ यादृशं पुस्तके दृष्टं तादृशं लिखितं मया ॥ यदि शुद्धमशुद्धं वा मम दोषो न विद्यते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 218.3

Transliteration

samāptaṃ vārāhaṃ mahāpurāṇaṃ śubham || yādṛśaṃ pustake dṛṣṭaṃ tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ mayā || yadi śuddham aśuddhaṃ vā mama doṣo na vidyate ||

Translation

วาราหมหาปุราณะอันเป็นมงคลนี้สำเร็จแล้ว ดังที่ได้เห็นในคัมภีร์ต้นฉบับ ข้าพเจ้าก็ได้จารึกตามนั้น หากถูกต้องหรือคลาดเคลื่อน ก็หาใช่ความผิดของข้าพเจ้าไม่ (คือผู้คัดลอกเพียงรับผิดชอบต่อการคัดตามต้นฉบับ)

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• samāptam: completed
• samāptam: Kriyā (क्रिया/स्थितिवाचक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-āp (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• vārāham: Vārāha (pertaining to Varāha)
• vārāham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying mahāpurāṇam)

• mahā-purāṇam: the great Purāṇa
• mahā-purāṇam: Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महापुराणम् = महान् पुराणः)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of mahāpurāṇam)

• yādṛśam: whatever kind (as)
• yādṛśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनामवत् (correlative)

• pustake: in the book
• pustake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pustaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• dṛṣṭam: seen
• dṛṣṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tādṛśam: of that kind / the same kind
• tādṛśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्धि (correlative)

• likhitam: written
• likhitam: Kriyā (क्रिया/स्थितिवाचक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: likh (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartṛ (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Hetu/Śarta-dyotaka (हेतु/शर्तद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• śuddham: correct / pure
• śuddham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विकल्प-द्वन्द्वे प्रथमपद (in alternative pair)

• aśuddham: incorrect / impure
• aśuddham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; नञ्-प्रत्यय (negated)

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (विकल्प/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• doṣaḥ: fault
• doṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Niṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• vidyate: exists / is found
• vidyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु; √vid ‘to be/ exist’ in Ātmanepada)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Scribe/Copyist (implicit)

Tags

• Classical Literature

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What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is a classic scribal colophon formula documenting the copying process and the copyist’s stance of fidelity to the exemplar—important for textual criticism and manuscript cataloging.

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What is the primary ethical instruction?

It conveys a professional ethic of faithful reproduction (copying what is seen in the exemplar) and transparency about potential textual imperfections.