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Varaha Purana 97.9: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 9

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

रुद्र उवाच ॥ कथं कपालं मे देव करात्पतति सुव्रत ॥ नश्यते च कथं पापं ममैदद्वद सुव्रत ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 97.9

rudra uvāca || kathaṁ kapālaṁ me deva karāt patati suvrata || naśyate ca kathaṁ pāpaṁ mama etad vada suvrata ||

พระรุทระตรัสว่า “ข้าแต่เทพเจ้า ผู้ทรงวัตรอันประเสริฐ กะโหลกเป็นภาชนะนี้จักหล่นจากหัตถ์ของข้าพเจ้าได้อย่างไร และบาปของข้าพเจ้าจักถูกทำลายได้อย่างไร โปรดตรัสบอกเถิด ผู้ทรงปฏิญาณอันประเสริฐ”

रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
कपालम्skull-bowl / skull
कपालम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; enclitic pronoun
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
करात्from (my) hand
करात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
पततिfalls
पतति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सुव्रतO one of good vows
सुव्रत:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
नश्यतेis destroyed / perishes
नश्यते:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
कथम्how?
कथम्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन
ममof me / my
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
वदtell / speak
वद:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सुव्रतO one of good vows
सुव्रत:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Rudra

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
A
Ancient Pilgrimage Networks
Ś
Śaiva Traditions

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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative motif where moral impurity (pāpa) is framed as remediable through prescribed observances and sacred travel, mapping ethics onto ritual culture.

No specific place is named in this verse; it introduces the problem that motivates the later tīrtha itinerary.

The verse foregrounds accountability and the pursuit of purification—seeking a method for resolving wrongdoing rather than denying it.

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