Varaha Purana 113.17: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 17

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

नष्टचन्द्रानिले लोके नष्टभास्करतारके ॥ स्तम्भिताश्च दिशः सर्वा न प्राज्ञायात किञ्चन

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.17

Transliteration

naṣṭa-candrānile loke naṣṭa-bhāskara-tārake || stambhitāś ca diśaḥ sarvā na prājñāyāta kiñcana

Translation

في ذلك العالم، وقد زال القمر والريح، وزالت الشمس والنجوم، وتجمّدت الجهات كلّها، لم يُدرَك شيءٌ البتّة.

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Word by Word

• naṣṭa-candra-anile: in (a state/world) where moon and wind had vanished
• naṣṭa-candra-anile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from √naś) + candra (प्रातिपदिक) + anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (elliptic locative phrase) ‘naṣṭau candrānilaḥ yasmin’; Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; used with ‘loke’ as qualifier

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• naṣṭa-bhāskara-tārake: where sun and stars had vanished
• naṣṭa-bhāskara-tārake: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from √naś) + bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक) + tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) (elliptic locative) ‘naṣṭau bhāskara-tārakau yasmin’; Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular; qualifier of ‘loke’

• stambhitāḥ: stilled/immobilized
• stambhitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stambhita (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from √stambh)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural; agrees with ‘diśaḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Vākyasaṅgati (वाक्यसङ्गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural; agrees with ‘diśaḥ’

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• prājñāyāta: was known/was perceived
• prājñāyāta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√jñā (ज्ञा धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person, Singular; Ātmanepada form; ‘was known/was understood’

• kiñcana: anything
• kiñcana: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used with negation = ‘anything’

Speaker

Unspecified (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Descriptive Verse
• Mythic narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such descriptions are part of Purāṇic cosmological rhetoric used to depict crisis, transition, or extraordinary events, offering insight into premodern Indian narrative cosmology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the setting is cosmic/worldwide.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as cosmological scene-setting.