Varaha Purana 13.28: Adhyaya 13, Shloka 28

The Genealogy of the Pitṛs and the Determination of Śrāddha Times

Pūrva Bhāga · Cosmology and Genealogical Accounts (Pitṛ-saṃtati)

Devanagari script

कल्पवासिकसंज्ञानां तेषामपि जने गताः । सनकाद्यास्ततस्तेषां वैराजास्तपसि स्थिताः । तेषां सत्यगता मुक्ताः इत्येषा पितृसंततिः ॥ १३.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 13.28

Transliteration

kalpavāsikasaṃjñānāṃ teṣām api jane gatāḥ | sanakādyās tatas teṣāṃ vairājās tapasi sthitāḥ | teṣāṃ satyagatā muktā ityeṣā pitṛsaṃtatiḥ || 13.28 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

جو کَلپَواسِک کے نام سے معروف تھے وہ بھی عالمِ موجودات میں گئے۔ پھر اُن میں سنک وغیرہ، جنہیں ویرَاج کہا جاتا ہے، تپسیا میں قائم رہے۔ اُن میں سے جو ستیہ لوک کو پہنچے وہ مُکت ہوئے؛ یہی پِتروں کی سلسلۂ نسب ہے۔

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Word by Word

• kalpa: aeon
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) (समासपूर्वपद)
• Role: —
• Root: kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)

• vāsika: dwelling (in)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) (समासमध्यपद); विशेषण
• Role: —
• Root: vāsika (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṃjñānām: of those called
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); (कल्पवासिकसंज्ञा = कल्पवासिक इति संज्ञा)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)

• teṣām: of them
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• api: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = also/even
• Role: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Root: api (अव्यय)

• jane: in the people/world (of beings)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)

• gatāḥ: went / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: gam (धातु)

• sanaka: Sanaka
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) (समासपूर्वपद)
• Role: —
• Root: sanaka (प्रातिपदिक)

• ādyāḥ: and others beginning with
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (sanakādyāḥ = beginning with Sanaka)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक)

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
• Role: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)

• teṣām: of them
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• vairājāḥ: the Vairājas
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: vairāja (प्रातिपदिक)

• tapasi: in austerity
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)

• sthitāḥ: stood / remained
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: sthā (धातु)

• teṣām: of them
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• satya: truth / Satyaloka
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) (समासपूर्वपद)
• Role: —
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)

• gatāḥ: gone to Satya (world)
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (सत्यगत = सत्यं/सत्यलोकं गतः)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: gam (धातु)

• muktāḥ: liberated
• Type: Verb
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: muc (धातु)

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक (quotative)
• Role: Vakyopasamhara (वाक्योपसंहार)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• eṣā: this
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Singular)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)

• pitṛ: ancestor/father
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (stem) (समासपूर्वपद)
• Role: —
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṃtatiḥ: lineage / succession
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (पितृसंतति = पितॄणां संततिः)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: saṃtati (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• तेषामपि = तेषाम् + अपि
• सनकाद्याः = सनक + आद्याः
• वैराजास्तपसि = वैराजाः + तपसि
• सत्यगता = सत्य + गताः
• इत्येषा = इति + एषा
• पितृसंततिः = पितृ + संततिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Cosmic realm

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Soteriology (mokṣa via loka-adhigama and tapas)

Subjects

CosmologyGenealogySoteriology (Liberation concepts)

Core idea

Tapas and truth-alignment culminate in ascent to Satya and liberation for certain pitṛ-classes (e.g., Vairājas/Sanaka-ādi).

In practice

Cultivate tapas, satya, and vairāgya; read genealogical cosmology as a hierarchy of inner purification rather than mere mythic taxonomy.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Genealogies
• Vaishnavism (textual context)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style classification of ancestral (Pitṛ) or primordial lineages, linking cosmological taxonomy with ascetic ideals and liberation—an important feature of early medieval Sanskrit encyclopedic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial geography is specified; the verse refers instead to cosmological realms, notably ‘Satya’ (commonly understood as Satyaloka/Brahmaloka in Purāṇic cosmology).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined ascetic practice) and truth-oriented attainment as a pathway associated with liberation, presented descriptively rather than as a prescriptive command.