Varaha Purana 191.7: Adhyaya 191, Shloka 7

Section on the Origin of Madhuparka and the Procedure for Its Ritual Donation

Devanagari script

अहं ब्रह्मा च रुद्रश्च कृत्वा लोकस्य संक्षयम् ॥ अव्यक्तानि च भूतानि यानि कानि च सर्वथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 191.7

Transliteration

ahaṃ brahmā ca rudraś ca kṛtvā lokasya saṃkṣayam || avyaktāni ca bhūtāni yāni kāni ca sarvathā |

Translation

«Ich, Brahmā und Rudra, nachdem wir die Auflösung der Welt bewirkt hatten, (erblickten) alle Wesen, welcher Art auch immer, im unmanifesten Zustand».

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Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• कृत्वा: having done / after making
• कृत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• लोकस्य: of the world
• लोकस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• संक्षयम्: destruction / dissolution
• संक्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अव्यक्तानि: unmanifest
• अव्यक्तानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• भूतानि: beings / elements
• भूतानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (relative pronoun)

• कानि: whatever / any
• कानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; अनिर्दिष्ट (indefinite/interrogative)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सर्वथा: in every way / entirely
• सर्वथा: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Triadic Deities (textual)
• Sanskrit Narrative
• Mythic Time Cycles

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It situates ritual explanation within a larger cosmological frame (creation/dissolution), a common Purāṇic strategy that links social practice to cosmic cycles.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is cosmological rather than geographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it emphasizes cosmic order and the legitimacy of practices that are narrated as arising within that order, though no direct injunction is stated.