Varaha Purana 75.47: Adhyaya 75, Shloka 47

Description of Jambūdvīpa: its regions, mountains, measurements, and cosmic structure

Devanagari script

तस्य बीजनिसर्गं हि पुष्करस्य यथार्थवत् । कृत्स्नं प्रजानिसर्गेण विस्तरेणैव वर्ण्यते ॥ ७५.४७ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 75.47

Transliteration

tasya bījanisargaṃ hi puṣkarasya yathārthavat | kṛtsnaṃ prajānīsargeṇa vistareṇaiva varṇyate || 75.47 ||

Translation

Wahrlich, der Bericht über seinen Ursprung aus dem Samen — den des Puṣkara — wird seinem wahren Sinn gemäß, vollständig und ausführlich, durch die Erzählung von der Hervorbringung der Geschöpfe (prajā-sarga) dargelegt werden.

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Word by Word

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• bīja-nisargam: the origin/creation of the seed
• bīja-nisargam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bīja (प्रातिपदिक) + nisarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (determinative: seed-creation/origin); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphatic/causal

• puṣkarasya: of the lotus (Puṣkara)
• puṣkarasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) or Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) usage; Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• yathā-arthavat: truly, as it really is
• yathā-arthavat: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + arthavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (adverbial compound: 'according to the meaning/truth'); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); used adverbially qualifying varṇyate

• kṛtsnam: entire, whole
• kṛtsnam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (implicit) 'it/this account'

• prajā-nisargeṇa: by (describing) the creation of beings
• prajā-nisargeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक) + nisarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (creation of creatures); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vistareṇa: in detail, expansively
• vistareṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial instrumental

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis

• varṇyate: is described
• varṇyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √varṇ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि प्रयोग), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a transitional marker, indicating that a specific origin account (bīja-nisarga) will be treated within a broader Purāṇic framework of prajā-sarga (emanation/genealogy of beings), reflecting common compositional methods in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Puṣkara is named; in historical geography it is commonly associated with the Puṣkara region near present-day Ajmer (Rajasthan), though this verse itself does not provide further locational detail.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes accurate and detailed narration (yathārthavat, vistareṇa), reflecting an archival ideal of faithful transmission of cosmological and genealogical accounts.