Varaha Purana 211.29: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 29

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

एकादशीं समाश्रित्य पुरा पृष्टो महेश्वरः ॥ वाराहरूपी धरया सर्वलोकहिताय वै ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 211.29

Transliteration

ekādaśīṃ samāśritya purā pṛṣṭo maheśvaraḥ || vārāharūpī dharayā sarvalokahitāya vai

Translation

Einstmals wurde Maheśvara in Bezug auf Ekādaśī befragt; und Dharā (die Erde) sprach zu Dem, der die Gestalt des Varāha trug—wahrlich zum Wohle aller Welten.

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Word by Word

• ekādaśīm: Ekādaśī (as the topic/means)
• ekādaśīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• samāśritya: having resorted to
• samāśritya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-śri (धातु) + lyap (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त), ‘having resorted to/after taking refuge in’

• purā: formerly/once
• purā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• pṛṣṭaḥ: was asked
• pṛṣṭaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘was asked’

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vārāha-rūpī: having the form of a boar
• vārāha-rūpī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārāha (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वाराहं रूपं यस्य/वाराहरूपः)

• dharayā: by/through the Earth (goddess)
• dharayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• sarva-loka-hitāya: for the welfare of all worlds
• sarva-loka-hitāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + hita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकस्य हिताय)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Shaiva-Vaishnava Intertext
• Purāṇic Dialogue

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals Purāṇic intertextuality by referencing Maheśvara and frames the teaching as sarvalokahita—public-benefit instruction—typical of didactic Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geography is named; ‘Dharā’ is the personified Earth rather than a discrete place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Teachings are justified as universally beneficial (sarvalokahita), emphasizing moral guidance aimed at collective welfare.