Varaha Purana 55.53: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 53

Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा नृपं देवः शङ्खाग्रेण जनार्दनः । पस्पर्श स्पृष्टमात्रोऽसौ परं निर्वाणमाप्तवान् ॥ ५५.५३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 55.53

Transliteration

evam uktvā nṛpaṃ devaḥ śaṅkhāgreṇa janārdanaḥ | pasparśa spṛṣṭa-mātro 'sau paraṃ nirvāṇam āptavān || 55.53 ||

Translation

ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แก่พระราชาแล้ว เทพเจ้าเจนารทนะได้แตะต้องด้วยปลายสังข์; และเขาเพียงถูกแตะต้องเท่านั้นก็ถึงนิรวาณอันสูงสุด

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; ‘having said’

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शङ्खाग्रेण: with the tip of the conch
• शङ्खाग्रेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शङ्खस्य अग्रेण); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; देवस्य विशेषनाम

• पस्पर्श: touched
• पस्पर्श: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्पृष्टमात्रः: merely by being touched
• स्पृष्टमात्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पृश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (स्पृष्टः मात्रः ‘only touched’/‘as soon as touched’); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• असौ: he (that one)
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• निर्वाणम्: nirvāṇa
• निर्वाणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आप्तवान्: attained
• आप्तवान्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु) + तवत् (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत्/परिपूर्णकृत्); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having attained’

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor; verse is narrative description)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaishnavism
• Mokṣa Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative motif in which liberation is depicted as immediately conferred through divine agency, reflecting medieval Sanskrit soteriological idioms and devotional theology within the wider Purāṇic corpus.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a courtly (nṛpa) setting and an act of divine bestowal rather than sacred topography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the philosophical instruction that transformative liberation is possible through proximity to, and grace from, the divine teacher-figure—presented descriptively rather than as a prescriptive command.