Varaha Purana 29.3: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 3

The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance

Devanagari script

एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य अवकाशं प्रजास्विह । प्रादुर्बभूवुः श्रोत्रेभ्यः दश कन्या महाप्रभाः ॥ २९.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.3

Transliteration

evaṃ cintayatastasya avakāśaṃ prajāsviha | prādurbabhūvuḥ śrotrebhyaḥ daśa kanyā mahāprabhāḥ || 29.3 ||

Translation

وبينما كان يتفكّر على هذا النحو، ملتمسًا منفذًا بين الكائنات هنا، ظهرت فجأةً من أذنيه عشرُ فتياتٍ ذواتِ جلالٍ ونورٍ عظيم.

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक

• cintayataḥ: (of him) thinking
• cintayataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cint (चिन्त् धातु, णिच्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, causative stem), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him thinking’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• avakāśam: space/opportunity
• avakāśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avakāśa (अवकाश प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prajāsu: among the creatures
• prajāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रजा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (इह अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• prādur: manifestly/into appearance
• prādur: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prādur (प्रादुर् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रादुर्भाववाचक (adverb: manifestly/into view)

• babhūvuḥ: appeared/became
• babhūvuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śrotrebhyaḥ: from the ears
• śrotrebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrotra (श्रोत्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (दश संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/प्रातिपदिक; बहुवचनार्थे विशेषण

• kanyāḥ: maidens/daughters
• kanyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (कन्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mahāprabhāḥ: of great splendor
• mahāprabhāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (महा) + prabhā (प्रभा)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महती प्रभा यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Sanskrit Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mythic Genealogy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: sudden manifestation (prādurbhāva) used to introduce new agents into the storyline, reflecting the genre’s mythic-cosmological imagination rather than linear historiography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition describing an event rather than a place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not directly state an ethical rule; its philosophical content is implicit, emphasizing causality through intention/thought (cintā) leading to consequential manifestation within the narrative world.