Varaha Purana 33.21: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 21

The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati

Devanagari script

भविष्यकृतकापालिव्रताय परमेष्ठिने । तथा दारुवनध्वंसकारिणे तिग्मशूलिने ॥ ३३.२१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 33.21

Transliteration

bhaviṣyakṛtakāpālīvratāya parameṣṭhine | tathā dāruvanadhvaṃsakāriṇe tigmaśūline || 33.21 ||

Translation

Verehrung dem höchsten Herrn, der künftig das Kāpālika-Gelübde auf sich nehmen wird; ebenso dem Zerstörer von Dāruvana, dem Träger des scharfen Dreizacks.

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Word by Word

• भविष्यकृतकापालिव्रताय: to (him) who has undertaken the Kāpālī vow for the future
• भविष्यकृतकापालिव्रताय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भविष्यत् + कृत + कापालीव्रत (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/दत्ते), एकवचन; ‘-आय’ प्रत्ययान्त दत्तिवचन (Dative singular masculine)

• परमेष्ठिने: to the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• परमेष्ठिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular masculine)

• तथा: likewise; and also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/अन्वयार्थक (adverb/conjunctive: ‘and also/likewise’)

• दारुवनध्वंसकारिणे: to the destroyer of the Daru-forest
• दारुवनध्वंसकारिणे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारुवन + ध्वंस + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular masculine); कारिन्-प्रातिपदिक (agent noun)

• तिग्मशूलिने: to the sharp-trident-bearer
• तिग्मशूलिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिग्म + शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative singular masculine); शूलिन् = ‘having a trident/spear’

Speaker

Varāha (default framework; explicit speaker not provided in verse fragment)

Tags

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

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves Purāṇic epithets that echo wider Sanskrit mythic corpora, including the Dāruvana motif and ascetic-vow terminology, illustrating intertextual circulation of narratives and titles across Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

Dāruvana is referenced as a named forest setting in Purāṇic narrative tradition; it is generally treated as a mythic-sacred toponym rather than a securely identifiable modern location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse functions primarily as an invocation through honorific naming; its philosophical instruction is the cultivation of reverential attention to exemplars of restraint (vrata) and to the moral force attributed to the restoration of order through the destruction of disruptive forces.