Shloka 27

वाराहावतारः (भूम्युद्धारः) — Varāha, the Raising of the Earth and the Recommencement of Creation

Devanagari script

उत्तिष्ठता तेन मुखानिलाहतं तत्संप्लवाम्भो जनलोकसंश्रयान् सनन्दनादीन् अपकल्मषान् मुनीन् चकार भूयो ऽपि पवित्रतास्पदम्

Transliteration

uttiṣṭhatā tena mukhānilāhataṃ tatsaṃplavāmbho janalokasaṃśrayān sanandanādīn apakalmaṣān munīn cakāra bhūyo 'pi pavitratāspadam

Translation

ولمّا نهض، صارت مياهُ الطوفان—وقد صدمتها ريحُ نَفَسه ودَفَعَتها—مأوى للطهارة من جديد؛ إذ لامست الحكماءَ الأطهار، بدءًا بسنندنة، المقيمين في جنلوكا، فغدت تلك المياه مقدّسة مرة أخرى.

Word by Word

• उत्तिष्ठता: by him as he rose
• उत्तिष्ठता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्था (धातु) → उत्तिष्ठत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्तः (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘by (him) who was rising/standing up’

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुखानिलाहतम्: struck by the breath/wind from (his) mouth
• मुखानिलाहतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक) + अनिल (प्रातिपदिक) + आहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘मुखस्य अनिलेन आहतम्’ = struck by the wind from the mouth)

• तत्संप्लवाम्भः: that flood-water
• तत्संप्लवाम्भः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘तस्य संप्लवस्य अम्भः’ = the flood-water thereof)

• जनलोकसंश्रयान्: dwelling in Janaloka
• जनलोकसंश्रयान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘जनलोके संश्रयः येषां ते’)

• सनन्दनादीन्: Sanandana and others
• सनन्दनादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स- (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘नन्दनः आदिः येषां ते’), ‘स’ = सह/सहित (with)

• अपकल्मषान्: free from impurity
• अपकल्मषान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपकल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुनीन्)

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• चकार: made
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘again’)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: ‘also/even’)

• पवित्रतास्पदम्: an abode of purity
• पवित्रतास्पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्रता (प्रातिपदिक) + आस्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘पवित्रतायाः आस्पदम्’ = abode of purity)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Consequences of Varāha’s ascent: the movement of flood-waters and their renewed sanctity through contact with Janaloka sages.

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: revealing

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Avatara Context

Avatara: Varaha

Purpose: By rising from the flood, he restores purity and order, even sanctifying the waters through contact with exalted sages in higher worlds.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Re-consecration of cosmic waters and protection of the pure sages, sustaining the continuity of tapas and dharma across realms.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Purity (pavitratā) is re-established by association with the stainless (apakalmaṣa) sages; sanctity transmits through contact and divine orchestration.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Seek sādhusaṅga and sacred study; let contact with the pure (texts, teachers, practices) ‘re-sanctify’ one’s mind after turbulence.

Vishishtadvaita: Highlights mediated grace: sanctity flows through the Lord’s act and the presence of His devotees/sages, consistent with Viśiṣṭādvaita emphasis on bhāgavata-sambandha.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Characters & Entities

• Sanandana
• Janaloka
• Kumaras (Sanandana and other mind-born sages)

FAQs

What is the significance of Janaloka in the Vishnu Purana?

Janaloka is a higher world associated with ascetic, stainless sages (like Sanandana and the other Kumaras), portrayed as remaining pure even when lower realms are overwhelmed by pralaya-waters.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the purification of the flood-waters here?

He states that when the deluge-waters are driven by the being’s breath and come into contact with the taintless sages dwelling in Janaloka, those waters become a renewed locus of sanctity.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when not named explicitly in this verse, the pralaya framework presupposes Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty over cosmic processes—dissolution and restoration occur under the order of the Supreme Reality who sustains and re-manifests the worlds.