Varaha Purana 112.6: Adhyaya 112, Shloka 6

Praise and Procedure of Donating the Two-Faced Kapilā Cow and the Golden Pot

Hema-kumbha

Devanagari script

कपिला ह्यग्निहोत्रार्थे यज्ञार्थे च वरानने ॥ उद्धृत्य सर्वतेजोभिर्ब्रह्मणा निर्मिता पुरा

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 112.6

Transliteration

kapilā hy agnihotrārthe yajñārthe ca varānane || uddhṛtya sarvatejobhir brahmaṇā nirmitā purā

Translation

Die Kapilā, o Schönangesichtige, wurde einst von Brahmā erschaffen, indem er alle leuchtenden Kräfte hervorhob, zum Zwecke des Agnihotra und des Opfers (Yajña).

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Word by Word

• कपिला: Kapilā (cow)
• कपिला: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अग्निहोत्रार्थे: for the purpose of Agnihotra
• अग्निहोत्रार्थे: Artha-adhikaraṇa (अर्थाधिकरण/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्र-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; components: अग्निहोत्र + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (अग्निहोत्राय अर्थः/उद्देश्यः)

• यज्ञार्थे: for the purpose of sacrifice
• यज्ञार्थे: Artha-adhikaraṇa (अर्थाधिकरण/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; components: यज्ञ + अर्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थ (यज्ञाय अर्थः)

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; components: वर + आनन)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरम् आननं यस्याः)

• उद्धृत्य: having extracted/raised up
• उद्धृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• सर्वतेजोभिः: with all energies/splendours
• सर्वतेजोभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + तेजस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि तेजांसि)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/Agent in instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• निर्मिता: was created
• निर्मिता: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्+मा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: निर्

• पुरा: formerly/once
• पुरा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vedic Ritual Reception
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links Purāṇic narrative to Vedic ritual categories (agnihotra, yajña), illustrating how later Sanskrit texts explained ritual institutions through mythic origins.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

By grounding ritual objects in a cosmological origin, the verse encourages conscientious ritual culture—treating offerings as ethically meaningful rather than merely transactional.