Varaha Purana 2.63: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 63

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra / Dialogue Framework (Textual Memory and Loss of Knowledge)

Devanagari script

विस्मृतं सर्ववेदाश्च सर्वशास्त्राणि चैव ह । योगशास्त्राणि शिक्षाश्च वेदानां स्मृतयस्तथा ॥ २.६२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.63

Transliteration

vismṛtaṃ sarvavedāś ca sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha | yogaśāstrāṇi śikṣāś ca vedānāṃ smṛtayas tathā || 2.62 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

لقد نُسِيَتْ جميعُ الفيدات، وكذلك جميعُ الشاسترات؛ ونُسِيَتْ أيضًا شاستراتُ اليوغا وتعاليمُ الشِّكشا (Śikṣā، علمُ الأصوات)، وكذلك السمرِتيّاتُ المتصلةُ بالفيدات.

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Word by Word

• vismṛtam: forgotten
• Type: Verb
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/कर्मणि क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; predicative usage (भावे/कर्मणि)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Predicative)
• Root: vi-smṛ (धातु) → vismṛta (कृदन्त)

• sarva-vedāḥ: all the Vedas
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (all + Vedas)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• sarva-śāstrāṇi: all the śāstras
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (all + treatises)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• eva: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Root: eva (अव्यय)

• ha: indeed (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: स्मरण/विस्मयाद्यर्थक निपात (expletive/particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Root: ha (अव्यय)

• yoga-śāstrāṇi: treatises on yoga
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (yogasya śāstrāṇi)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक) + śāstra (प्रातिपदिक)

• śikṣāḥ: phonetics/śikṣā (auxiliary discipline)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: śikṣā (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Conjunctive)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• vedānām: of the Vedas
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन (genitive plural)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक)

• smṛtayaḥ: smṛtis/traditions
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: smṛti (प्रातिपदिक)

• tathā: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यार्थक (also/likewise)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• sarvavedāś ca = sarvavedāḥ + ca
• sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva = sarvaśāstrāṇi + ca + eva
• शिक्षाश्च = śikṣāḥ + ca

Speaker and setting

Karuna and Shanta rasaSetting: Didactic/cosmological discourse setting

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Concerned/reflective (implied by theme of loss)

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Cultural memory and yuga-dharma

Subjects

Textual transmissionEducation (Vedāṅga/Śikṣā)Yoga traditionsCultural memory

Core idea

Knowledge systems (Veda, śāstra, yoga, śikṣā, smṛti) can be forgotten; preservation and right transmission are dharmic duties, and divine teaching re-stabilizes order.

In practice

Support learning lineages: study, teach, recite, and practice; treat phonetics/discipline (śikṣā) and yoga as integral supports for preserving meaning and conduct.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Intellectual History

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic motif of cultural amnesia or disruption in the transmission of learned traditions (Veda, śāstra, smṛti), which frames the need for renewed instruction and preservation of knowledge.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the focus is on the status of textual and disciplinary traditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse implicitly emphasizes the cultural value of safeguarding and restoring learned traditions—Vedic study, disciplined recitation (śikṣā), and associated interpretive/legal memory (smṛti)—as part of responsible stewardship of inherited knowledge.