Varaha Purana 3.7: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 7

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

ततोऽहं निर्गतो राजंस्तपसे धृतमानसः । सारस्वतं नाम सरो यदेतत् पुष्करं स्मृतम् ॥ ३.७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.7

Transliteration

tato ’haṃ nirgato rājaṃs tapase dhṛtamānasaḥ | sārasvataṃ nāma saro yad etat puṣkaraṃ smṛtam || 3.7 ||

Translation

แล้วข้าแต่พระราชา ข้าพเจ้าออกเดินทางด้วยจิตแน่วแน่เพื่อบำเพ็ญตบะ ไปยังสระชื่อสารัสวตะ ซึ่งสระนั้นเป็นที่ระลึกนามว่า ปุษกระ

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Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/कालवाचक (then/from there)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निर्गतः: went out / departed
• निर्गतः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकालिक (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone out’

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तपसे: for austerity
• तपसे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘for austerity’

• धृतमानसः: steadfast-minded
• धृतमानसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृत + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (धृतं मानसं यस्य); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘धृत’ + ‘मानस’; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘one whose mind is held/steady’

• सारस्वतम्: Sārasvata
• सारस्वतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘Sārasvata’ (as name/epithet)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (indeclinable used to mark a name: ‘called’)

• सरः: lake
• सरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara
• पुष्करम्: Pratipādya/Viśeṣya (विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name

• स्मृतम्: is called / is known as
• स्मृतम्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘is called/remembered’

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a toponymic equivalence—identifying a lake called Sārasvata with Puṣkara—illustrating how Purāṇic literature functions as a repository of sacred-geographic memory and place-name traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

Puṣkara is named explicitly, presented here as the lake (saraḥ) also called Sārasvata; in modern scholarship Puṣkara is commonly associated with the Puṣkara region and lake near Ajmer, Rajasthan, though the verse itself only states the traditional identification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined intention (dhṛtamānasaḥ) directed toward tapas, presenting ethical self-governance and purposeful conduct as a valued principle within the narrative.