Varaha Purana 12.2: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 2

Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation

Devanagari script

चित्रकूटे गिरौ विष्णुः सदा रामेति कीर्त्यते । ततोऽहं रामसंज्ञेन नाम्ना स्तौमि जगत्पतिम् ॥ १२.२ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 12.2

Transliteration

citrakūṭe girau viṣṇuḥ sadā rāmeti kīrtyate | tato 'haṃ rāmasaṃjñena nāmnā staumi jagatpatim || 12.2 ||

Translation

Auf dem Berge Citrakūṭa wird Viṣṇu stets unter dem Namen „Rāma“ gepriesen. Darum lobe ich den Herrn der Welt mit der Anrufung „Rāma“.

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Word by Word

• citrakūṭe: at Citrakūṭa
• citrakūṭe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citrakūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• girau: on the mountain
• girau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘is praised/called’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (कालविशेषण/Time adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb

• rāma: Rāma
• rāma: Viśeṣaṇa/Abhidhāna (अभिधान/Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); used as quoted name in iti-construction

• iti: thus; as
• iti: Vākyārtha-bodhaka (वाक्यार्थबोधक/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle

• kīrtyate: is praised; is celebrated
• kīrtyate: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular); passive sense ‘is praised/celebrated’

• tataḥ: therefore; then
• tataḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (sequence)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• rāma-saṃjñena: with the name/designation ‘Rāma’
• rāma-saṃjñena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsaka? (instrumental used as ‘by/with the designation’; standard is strīliṅga saṃjñā but compound behaves as subanta), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• nāmnā: by name
• nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsaka (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• staumi: I praise
• staumi: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular)

• jagat-patim: the Lord of the world
• jagat-patim: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic strategies of sacred geography, associating a specific landscape (Citrakūṭa) with enduring commemorative practice (kīrtana/celebration) and linking regional memory to pan-Indic Vaiṣṇava identity through the name “Rāma.”

Which geographic location is identified?

Citrakūṭa (Citrakūṭa-giri), a well-attested North Indian pilgrimage landscape, commonly identified in modern scholarship with the Chitrakoot region spanning parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined remembrance and respectful speech—praising the ‘Lord of the world’ through a chosen name—functioning as a cultural-philosophical instruction on sustaining collective memory tied to a heritage site.