Varaha Purana 31.13: Adhyaya 31, Shloka 13

The Manifestation of Viṣṇu’s Form for Cosmic Governance

the Vaiṣṇava Creation Narrative

Devanagari script

एवं दृष्ट्वा परं तस्य शरीरस्य तु सम्भवम् । मुमुचे तच्छरीरस्थो वायुर् वायुं समं सृजत् ॥ ३१.१३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 31.13

Transliteration

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ tasya śarīrasya tu sambhavam | mumuce taccharīrastho vāyur vāyuṃ samaṃ sṛjat || 31.13 ||

Translation

So erblickend das weitere Hervorgehen jenes Leibes, wurde der Wind, der in diesem Leib weilte, entlassen und erschuf einen Wind, der ihm selbst gleich war.

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘thus’

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having seen’

• परम्: supreme/wondrous
• परम्: कर्मविशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of सम्भवम्)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शरीरस्य: of the body
• शरीरस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): contrast/emphasis ‘but/indeed’

• सम्भवम्: origin/manifestation
• सम्भवम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of दृष्ट्वा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘उत्पत्तिः/समुद्भवः’

• मुमुचे: released/let go
• मुमुचे: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्-शरीर-स्थः: situated in that body
• तत्-शरीर-स्थः: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तस्य शरीरे स्थितः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वायुः)

• वायुः: wind/air
• वायुः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वायुम्: wind/air
• वायुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समम्: equal/similar
• समम्: कर्मविशेषण (Karma-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वायुम्)

• सृजत्: creates/emits
• सृजत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (वर्तमानकाले/वर्णनात्मक-प्रयोग)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Textual Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic cosmogonic idiom in which bodily formation and elemental forces (here, vāyu) are narrated as sequential emergences, aligning with broader early Indian cosmological and physiological speculation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is cosmological/physiological rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is primarily descriptive (cosmological) rather than prescriptive; its philosophical instruction centers on interdependence between embodied form and vital forces, a theme often used in Purāṇic discourse to frame responsibility toward life and the natural elements.