Varaha Purana 6.8: Adhyaya 6, Shloka 8

The Puṇḍarīkākṣapāraka Hymn and Puṣkara Tīrtha: The Account of King Vasu’s Release from Sin

Devanagari script

पुण्डरीकाक्षपारं तु स्तवं भक्त्या जपन् बुधः । आरिराधयिषुर्देवं नारायणमकल्मषम् । स्तोत्रान्ते तल्लयं प्राप्तः स राजा राजसत्तमः ॥ ६.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 6.8

Transliteration

puṇḍarīkākṣapāraṃ tu stavaṃ bhaktyā japan budhaḥ | ārirādhayiṣur devaṃ nārāyaṇam akalmaṣam | stotrānte tallayaṃ prāptaḥ sa rājā rājasattamaḥ || 6.8 ||

Translation

แต่ผู้มีปัญญาคนนั้น เมื่อสวดสรรเสริญที่ชื่อว่า 'ปุณฑรีกากษปาระ' ด้วยความภักดี เพื่อบูชาพระนารายณ์ผู้ปราศจากมลทิน เมื่อจบคำสรรเสริญ พระราชาผู้ประเสริฐที่สุดในหมู่ราชาองค์นั้นก็ได้เข้าถึงการรวมเป็นหนึ่งเดียวกับพระองค์

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Word by Word

• पुण्डरीकाक्ष-पारम्: (the hymn called) ‘Puṇḍarīkākṣapāra’
• पुण्डरीकाक्ष-पारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + पार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘पुण्डरीकाक्षस्य पारम्’ (name of hymn)

• तु: indeed / and
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis/contrast)

• स्तवम्: hymn
• स्तवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3), एकवचन; instrumental

• जपन्: reciting
• जपन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त/present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘reciting’

• बुधः: the wise man
• बुधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• आरिराधयिषुः: desiring to worship
• आरिराधयिषुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: राध् (धातु)
• Form: देशिदेरिवत्-रूप (intensive/reduplicated desiderative formation) + इच्छार्थक ‘-इषु’ (desiderative/intentive participial noun); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; अर्थः—‘आराधयितुम् इच्छन्’

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• नारायणम्: Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; proper noun (Viṣṇu)

• अकल्मषम्: spotless / sinless
• अकल्मषम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्-उपसर्ग) + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/नञ्-युक्त विशेषण; qualifying ‘नारायणम्’

• स्तोत्र-अन्ते: at the end of the hymn
• स्तोत्र-अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः—‘स्तोत्रस्य अन्ते’

• तत्-लयम्: absorption into Him
• तत्-लयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘तस्मिन् लयः’ (absorption into Him)

• प्राप्तः: having attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग) + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; used predicatively ‘having attained’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• राज-सत्तमः: best of kings
• राज-सत्तमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘राज्ञां सत्तमः’ (superlative)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not present in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic literary pattern where recitation of a stotra (hymn) is presented as a formal practice with a stated result (phala), illustrating how devotion and textual performance were framed within Sanskrit religious culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is on ritual-literary practice (stotra recitation) and its stated outcome.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined devotional practice—recitation with bhakti (devotion) and intent to honor the divine—as a valued mode of conduct, expressed in neutral terms as a philosophical instruction about focused reverence and moral purity (akalmaṣa).