Varaha Purana 144.4: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 4

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

द्वापरे तु युगे भूमे यदूनां कुलसङ्कुले ॥ तत्र शूर इति ख्यातो यदूनां वंशवर्धनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.4

Transliteration

dvāpare tu yuge bhūme yadūnāṃ kula-saṅkule || tatra śūra iti khyāto yadūnāṃ vaṃśa-vardhanaḥ

Translation

Im Dvāpara-Zeitalter, o Erde, inmitten des dichten Geflechts der Geschlechter der Yadus, gab es einen Berühmten namens Śūra, einen Mehrer des Yadu-Geschlechts.

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Word by Word

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara (age)
• द्वापरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-locative)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• युगे: in the age
• युगे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• यदूनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• कुल-सङ्कुले: in the clan-crowded (lineage milieu)
• कुल-सङ्कुले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (कुले सङ्कुलः = ‘crowded with a clan’), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit ‘in [a place]’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• शूरः: Śūra
• शूरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• इति: thus
• इति: Marker (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (quotative)

• ख्यातः: was renowned/known
• ख्यातः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (इति ख्यातः = ‘was known as’)

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• यदूनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वंश-वर्धनः: increaser of the lineage
• वंश-वर्धनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वंशस्य वर्धनः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/उपाधि (शूरः)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Yuga Chronology
• Itihāsa-Purāṇa Style

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shifts into a genealogical-historical register using the yuga framework, a standard Purāṇic method for organizing legendary dynastic memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name is given here; the verse is primarily temporal (Dvāpara) and genealogical (Yadu lineage).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it valorizes lineage responsibility and social continuity through the figure described as ‘vaṃśa-vardhana’ (one who sustains and expands a line).