Varaha Purana 89.36: Adhyaya 89, Shloka 36

The Hierarchy of the Trimūrti and the Manifestation of the Goddess Trikalā

Devanagari script

यत्किञ्चिद् वाङ्मयं लोके जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । तत्सर्वं स्थापितं सृष्ट्या भूतं भव्यं च सर्वदा ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 89.36

Transliteration

yatkiñcid vāṅmayaṃ loke jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam | tatsarvaṃ sthāpitaṃ sṛṣṭyā bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ ca sarvadā ||

Translation

وكلُّ ما في العالم من كلامٍ مُتجسِّد (vāṅmaya)—كونُ الساكن والمتحرّك—قد أُقيم كلُّه بالخلق، بوصفه ما كان وما سيكون، في كل زمان.

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Word by Word

• yat-kiñcit: whatever (anything)
• yat-kiñcit: Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (यत् सर्वनाम) + kiñcit (किञ्चित् सर्वनाम)
• Form: Indefinite relative-correlative expression; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; used as ‘whatever/anything’

• vāk-mayam: made of speech/words
• vāk-mayam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāc (वाच् प्रातिपदिक) + maya (मय प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) adjective; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘consisting of speech/words’

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (लोक प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (सप्तमी), Singular

• jagat: world/universe
• jagat: Karta (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (जगत् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: stationary and moving
• sthāvara-jaṅgamam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthāvara (स्थावर प्रातिपदिक) + jaṅgama (जङ्गम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (द्वन्द्व) used adjectivally; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘stationary and moving’

• tat-sarvam: all that
• tat-sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम) + sarva (सर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Correlative pronoun phrase; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘all that’

• sthāpitam: was established/placed
• sthāpitam: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + causative (णिच्) sthāpaya + kta (क्त)
• Form: Kridanta; past passive participle (क्त) of causative; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• sṛṣṭyā: by creation/by the act of creation
• sṛṣṭyā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (सृष्टि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular

• bhūtam: past
• bhūtam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūta (भूत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘past/been’

• bhavyam: future
• bhavyam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhavya (भव्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; ‘future/to be’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• sarvadā: always
• sarvadā: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; time-adverb (कालवाचक) ‘always’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse-fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Semantics
• Ontology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links cosmic order with articulability (vāṅmaya), echoing broader Indic ideas where language and categorization help stabilize a knowable cosmos.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is universal in scope.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

A philosophical instruction: recognize continuity across past and future (bhūta/bhavya) and treat all forms of life as part of an ordered whole.