Varaha Purana 2.8: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तु तेभ्यः श्रवणादिहेतवस् ततोऽक्षमाला जगतो व्यवस्थिताः । भूतैर्गतैरेव च पिण्डमूर्तिर् मया भद्रे विहिता त्वात्मनैव ॥ २.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.8

Transliteration

tasmāttu tebhyaḥ śravaṇādihetavas tato 'kṣamālā jagato vyavasthitāḥ | bhūtair gataireva ca piṇḍamūrtir mayā bhadre vihitā tvātmanāiva || 2.8 ||

Translation

فلذلك، من تلك المبادئ تنشأ علل السمع وسائر القوى الحسية؛ ومن ثمّ يُنظَّم مجموع العالم ويستقرّ نظامه. وأمّا الصورة الجسدية المركّبة—بحسب جريان العناصر—فقد رتّبتُها أنا، أيتها المباركة، وبذاتك أنتِ أيضًا.

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Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• तेभ्यः: from them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Ablative/Dative), बहुवचन

• श्रवण-आदि-हेतवः: causes such as hearing
• श्रवण-आदि-हेतवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः—श्रवणादयः हेतवः (श्रवण-आदि = hearing etc.)

• ततः: thereupon/from that
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्-अर्थे/अनन्तरार्थे

• अक्षमाला: a rosary (garland of beads)
• अक्षमाला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—अक्षाणां माला (rosary of beads)

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• व्यवस्थिताः: established/arranged
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying हेतवः/causes)

• भूतैः: by the beings/elements
• भूतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• गतैः: gone/that have proceeded
• गतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतैः इति विशेषण

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पिण्ड-मूर्तिः: the embodied form (as a mass)
• पिण्ड-मूर्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डरूपा मूर्तिः (a form that is a mass/embodied lump)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• विहिता: was arranged/created
• विहिता: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘स्थापिता/निर्मिता’

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• आत्मना: by oneself
• आत्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor addressing Pṛthivī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sāṃkhya-influenced categories (sense-causes, elements)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of cosmology and embodied cognition, presenting a structured emergence of sense-faculties and elemental embodiment—features often aligned with classical Indian philosophical taxonomies in medieval Sanskrit compendia.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and anthropological (senses, elements, embodiment).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse offers a philosophical instruction: the world-order and embodied form are portrayed as constituted through orderly causation (faculties and elements), encouraging a reflective understanding of interdependence and structured existence.