Varaha Purana 170.72: Adhyaya 170, Shloka 72

The Birth of Gokarṇa and the Fruits of Śiva Worship

including the Śukodara Parrot Episode and Hospitality Ethics

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं हृद्यं शुकमोक्षप्रदायकम् ॥ या सा मुक्तिप्रदा रम्या मधुरा पापनाशिनी ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 170.72

Transliteration

tasya tad-vacanaṃ hṛdyaṃ śuka-mokṣa-pradāyakam | yā sā mukti-pradā ramyā madhurā pāpa-nāśinī ||

Translation

اُس کے وہ کلمات دل کو بھانے والے تھے اور شُک کے لیے موکش دینے والے۔ وہ رہائی بخش باتیں دلکش، شیریں اور گناہوں کو مٹانے والی تھیں۔

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तत्-वचनम्: that speech/statement
• तत्-वचनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: ‘his/that speech’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हृद्यम्: pleasing to the heart
• हृद्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of वचनम्

• शुक-मोक्ष-प्रदायकम्: granting the parrot’s liberation
• शुक-मोक्ष-प्रदायकम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शुकस्य मोक्षः तस्य प्रदायकम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of वचनम्

• या: which (she/that)
• या: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to वाणी/उक्ति (implied)

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; correlative ‘that’

• मुक्ति-प्रदा: bestowing liberation
• मुक्ति-प्रदा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मुक्तिं प्रददाति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• रम्या: lovely
• रम्या: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• मधुरा: sweet
• मधुरा: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

• पाप-नाशिनी: destroyer of sin
• पाप-नाशिनी: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पापं नाशयति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective

Speaker

Narrator (third-person description; not explicit)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Liberation Discourse
• Purāṇic Poetics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic literary theme: transformative instruction (vacana) as an agent of liberation, framed with aesthetic descriptors (sweet, delightful).

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Uplifting, truthful instruction is portrayed as purifying and liberative, encouraging ethical reform alongside spiritual release.