Varaha Purana 23.33: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 33

The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day

Pūrva Bhāga · Gaṇapati-stuti and Deva-kārya (Invocation for removal of obstacles)

Devanagari script

सर्वदेवनमस्कारादविघ्नं कुरु सर्वदा । एवं स्तुतस्तदा देवैर्महात्मा गणनायकः । अभिषिक्तश्च रुद्रस्य सोमस्यापत्यतां गतः ॥ २३.३३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 23.33

Transliteration

sarvadevanamaskārād avighnaṃ kuru sarvadā | evaṃ stutas tadā devair mahātmā gaṇanāyakaḥ | abhiṣiktaś ca rudrasya somasyāpatyatāṃ gataḥ || 23.33 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

„Durch diese Verehrung aller Götter, beseitige die Hindernisse zu jeder Zeit.“ So wurde damals der großherzige Anführer der Gaṇas von den Göttern gepriesen, durch Abhiṣeka geweiht, und erlangte den Rang, Sohn Rudras und Somas zu sein.

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Word by Word

• sarva-deva-namaskārāt: from the salutations of all the gods
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative, 5th), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Apadana (अपादान)
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक) + namaskāra (प्रातिपदिक)

• a-vighnam: without obstacles
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular); नञ्-समासार्थक (negation)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: vighna (प्रातिपदिक) with a- (नञ्)

• kuru: make/do
• Type: Verb
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: kṛ (धातु)

• sarvadā: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)

• evam: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: evam (अव्यय)

• stutaḥ: praised
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: stu (धातु) → stuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• tadā: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
• Role: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (plural)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)

• mahātmā: the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)

• gaṇanāyakaḥ: the leader of the gaṇas (Gaṇeśa)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)

• abhiṣiktaḥ: anointed
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: abhi-√sic (सिच्/सिञ्च्, धातु) → abhiṣikta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)

• somasya: of Soma
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)

• apatyatām: the state of being a son/offspring
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (singular)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: apatyatā (प्रातिपदिक)

• gataḥ: having attained
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st), एकवचन (singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• नमस्कारादविघ्नम् = नमस्कारात् + अविघ्नम्
• देवैर्महात्मा = देवैः + महात्मा
• सोमस्यापत्यताम् = सोमस्य + अपत्यताम्

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Path

Ritual Theology

Subjects

Ritual PracticeDevotional LiteratureMythic GenealogyEthics

Core idea

Stuti (praise) and saṅkalpa aligned with the devas establishes order; divine roles are conferred through abhiṣeka and recognition by the cosmic community.

In practice

Use deva-namaskāra as a preliminary act; treat ritual authorization (guru/ācārya sanction, proper consecration) as essential for efficacy.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit
• Indic Ritual Culture
• Mythography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic formula linking praise/invocation with the ritual aim of removing impediments (avighna), and it records a mythic consecration narrative for the gaṇa-leader, reflecting the consolidation of devotional-ritual motifs in medieval Sanskrit textual transmission.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the content is primarily invocatory and mythic-genealogical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames respectful salutation and praise as a disciplined practice associated with the removal of obstacles—an ethical emphasis on humility, orderly conduct, and seeking unobstructed completion of rightful undertakings.