Varaha Purana 29.6: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

ता ऊचुः प्रणयाद्देवं प्रजापतिमकल्मषम् । अवकाशं तु नो देहि देवदेव प्रजापते ॥ २९.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.6

Transliteration

tā ūcuḥ praṇayād devaṃ prajāpatim akalmaṣam | avakāśaṃ tu no dehi devadeva prajāpate || 29.6 ||

Translation

Da sprachen sie in liebevoller Ehrfurcht zu dem makellosen Gott Prajāpati: „Gewähre uns Raum (Ort, Gelegenheit), o Gott der Götter, o Prajāpati.“

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Word by Word

• tāḥ: they (those women)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom.), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (Perfect/लिट्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• praṇayāt: out of affection
• praṇayāt: Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana (sg.)

• devam: the god
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (sg.)

• prajāpatim: Prajāpati
• prajāpatim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); apposition to devam

• a-kalmaṣam: stainless/sinless
• a-kalmaṣam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + kalmaṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.); negative prefix नञ्

• avakāśam: space/place
• avakāśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Dvitīyā (Acc.), Ekavacana (sg.)

• tu: indeed/now
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta; emphasis/contrast

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive/Dative enclitic ‘naḥ’; here Dative sense (Caturthī-artha/चतुर्थ्यर्थे), Bahuvacana (pl.)

• dehi: give
• dehi: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative/लोट्), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Ekavacana (sg.), parasmaipada

• devadeva: O god of gods
• devadeva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘god of gods’ used as vocative

• prajāpate: O Prajāpati
• prajāpate: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Sambodhana (Voc.), Ekavacana (sg.)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: inquirers addressing Prajāpati)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Puranic Dialogue
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: collective beings petitioning a cosmic administrator (Prajāpati), reflecting early South Asian ideas of ordered creation and governance through dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is on a cosmological request for “avakāśa” (space/room).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds respectful petition and restraint: needs are articulated through courteous address to an authority figure, emphasizing orderly negotiation rather than coercion.