Varaha Purana 51.3: Adhyaya 51, Shloka 3

Recollection of the Dharaṇī-vrata and the Agastya-Bhadrāśva Dialogue on Liberation

Devanagari script

धरण्युवाच । बहुकल्पसहस्राणि व्रतस्यास्य सनातन । मया कृतस्य तपस्तन्मया विस्मृतं प्रभो ॥ ५१.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 51.3

Transliteration

dharaṇyuvāca | bahukalpasahasrāṇi vratasyāsya sanātana | mayā kṛtasya tapas tanmayā vismṛtaṃ prabho || 51.3 ||

Translation

พระธรณีกล่าวว่า—ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นนิรันดร์ ตลอดกัลป์นับพันนับหมื่น ตบะที่ข้าพเจ้ากระทำเนื่องด้วยวรตโบราณนี้ ข้าพเจ้าได้หลงลืมไปแล้ว พระองค์เจ้าข้า

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Word by Word

• dharaṇī: Earth (personified)

• uvāca: said

• bahu: many

• kalpa: aeon

• sahasra: thousand

• -āṇi: (plural ending)

• vratasyā: of the vow/observance

• asya: of this

• sanātana: eternal/ancient

• mayā: by me

• kṛtasya: performed/done

• tapaḥ (tapas): austerity/ascetic practice

• tat: that

• mayā: by me

• vismṛtam: forgotten

• prabho: O Lord

Speaker

Dharā / Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Dharma Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a typical Purāṇic narrative device: framing ethical and ritual knowledge (vrata) as transmitted across vast cosmological cycles (kalpas), emphasizing textual continuity and the challenges of memory over time.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological time (kalpas) and the continuity of an observance (vrata).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse highlights the importance of preserving and re-articulating inherited disciplines (vrata and tapas) when they are forgotten—an ethical theme of responsible transmission of cultural knowledge.