Varaha Purana 22.28: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 28

Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding

Devanagari script

अतोऽन्यजन्मभर्त्ता मे रुद्रो दक्षमखान्तकः । इदानीं तपसा सैव ध्यातोऽभूद्गतिभावनः ॥ २२.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 22.28

Transliteration

ato ’nyajanmabharttā me rudro dakṣamakhāntakaḥ | idānīṃ tapasā saiva dhyāto ’bhūd gatibhāvanaḥ || 22.28 ||

Translation

Daher ist Rudra—der in einer anderen Geburt mein Gemahl war, der Zerstörer von Dakṣas Opfer—nun von ihr durch Askese in Meditation geschaut worden und wurde zum Lenker des vorbestimmten Ganges.

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Word by Word

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore/for this reason)

• anya-janma-bhartā: husband in another birth
• anya-janma-bhartā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya + janman + bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'anyasya janmanaḥ bhartā' (husband in another birth)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

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

• dakṣa-makha-antakaḥ: destroyer of Daksha’s sacrifice
• dakṣa-makha-antakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa + makha + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'dakṣasya makhasya antakaḥ' (destroyer of Dakṣa's sacrifice)

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed / only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• dhyātaḥ: meditated upon
• dhyātaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhyai (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (as 'was meditated upon')

• abhūt: became / was
• abhūt: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• gati-bhāvanaḥ: bestower of destiny/paths
• gati-bhāvanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'gatīnāṃ bhāvanaḥ' (promoter/bestower of paths/destiny)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default, as explicit speaker is not given in the excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Intertext
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cross-reference to the widely circulated Dakṣa-yajña narrative, showing how Varāha Purāṇa participates in shared mythic-historiographical memory across Purāṇic corpora.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on a mythic event (Dakṣa’s sacrifice) rather than a site description.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined ascetic practice and sustained contemplation (tapas, dhyāna) as a means of shaping one’s course (gati), presented as a philosophical motif rather than a prescriptive command.