Varaha Purana 29.13: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 13

The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance

Devanagari script

वायवे धनदेशाय ईशानाय च सुव्रत । ऊर्ध्वां स्वयमधिष्ठाय शेषायाधो व्यवस्थिताम् ॥ २९.१३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.13

Transliteration

vāyave dhanadeśāya īśānāya ca suvrata | ūrdhvāṃ svayam adhiṣṭhāya śeṣāyādho vyavasthitām || 29.13 ||

Translation

„(Sie ist zugeteilt) Vāyu, Dhanada (Kubera) und Īśāna. O du von vortrefflichem Gelübde: Nachdem sie selbst ihren Platz oben eingenommen hat, bleibt sie unten für Śeṣa angeordnet.“

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Word by Word

• वायवे: to Vāyu
• वायवे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular

• धनदेशाय: to the lord of wealth (Kubera)
• धनदेशाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनस्य ईशः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular (Kubera)

• ईशानाय: to Īśāna
• ईशानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular (Śiva as guardian)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative, Singular (address)

• ऊर्ध्वाम्: (one) above / upward
• ऊर्ध्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular (object)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• अधिष्ठाय: having presided over
• अधिष्ठाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having presided over/ having taken position’

• शेषाय: to Śeṣa
• शेषाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अधः: below
• अधः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: below)

• व्यवस्थिताम्: placed/established
• व्यवस्थिताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Accusative, Singular (qualifying ऊर्ध्वाम्/implicit कन्याम्)

Speaker

Varāha (default, per dialogue framework when not explicit)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Textual Tradition
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a classical Purāṇic cosmological idiom in which divine figures are linked to directional or structural functions, reflecting how early medieval Sanskrit literature organized space through mythic guardianship.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial place-name is given in this verse; it is primarily a cosmological placement involving deities (Vāyu, Dhanada/Kubera, Īśāna) and Śeṣa.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is descriptive rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction is the presentation of ordered cosmic arrangement (dharma as structure/order) rather than a direct moral command.