Varaha Purana 91.7: Adhyaya 91, Shloka 7

The Vaiṣṇavī Goddess on Mount Mandara: Emergence of the Maidens, Construction of the Goddess-City, and Nārada’s Visit

Pūrva Bhāga · Ritual Veneration and Community Worship

Devanagari script

सर्वाङ्गेष्वर्चिता देवी ऋषिदेवनमस्कृता । पूज्यमाना वरस्त्रीभिः कुमारिभिः समन्ततः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 91.7

Transliteration

sarvāṅgeṣv arcitā devī ṛṣidevanamaskṛtā | pūjyamānā varastrībhiḥ kumārībhiḥ samantataḥ ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Die Göttin wurde an all ihren Gliedern verehrt, von Ṛṣis und Göttern gegrüßt, und ringsum von vortrefflichen Frauen und Jungfrauen angebetet.

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Word by Word

• sarva: all
• Type: Adjective
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; 'all'
• Role: Upapada (उपपद/Compound member)
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)

• aṅgeṣu: in all (her) limbs
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: sarva-aṅgeṣu = 'in all limbs/parts (of the body)'
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)

• arcitā: worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP): 'worshipped/adorned'
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Root: arc (धातु) → arcita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• devī: the goddess
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)

• ṛṣi: sages
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
• Role: Upapada (उपपद/Compound member)
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)

• deva: gods
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-बहुवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण)
• Role: Upapada (उपपद/Compound member)
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)

• namaskṛtā: saluted (by sages and gods)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP): 'saluted'; समाससमूह: ṛṣi-deva-namaskṛtā = 'saluted by sages and gods' (ṛṣi+deva द्वन्द्व)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Root: namas + kṛ (धातु) → namaskṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• pūjyamānā: being worshipped
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त कर्मणि (present passive participle): 'being worshipped'
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Root: pūj (धातु) → pūjyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• vara: excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; 'excellent'
• Role: Upapada (उपपद/Compound member)
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)

• strībhiḥ: by excellent women
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: vara-strībhiḥ = 'by excellent women'
• Role: Karaṇa (करण/Agent in passive)
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)

• kumārībhiḥ: by maidens
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
• Role: Karaṇa (करण/Agent in passive)
• Root: kumārī (प्रातिपदिक)

• samantataḥ: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place: 'on all sides')
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Spatial adjunct)
• Root: samantataḥ (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• सर्वाङ्गेष्वर्चिता = सर्वाङ्गेषु + अर्चिता
• ऋषिदेवनमस्कृता = ऋषि + देव + नमस्कृता (समाससमूह)
• वरस्त्रीभिः = वर + स्त्रीभिः

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Pūjā-maṇḍapa / divine assembly

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Devotional practice

Subjects

EthicsHeritage Sites

Core idea

Arcana is holistic—‘all limbs’ worship signifies total offering of attention, speech, and action to the Divine.

In practice

In pūjā, consciously offer each faculty (mind, speech, senses) rather than performing only external ritual steps.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Ritual Culture
• Purāṇic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents communal worship scenes—sages, gods, women, and maidens—useful for cultural-historical study of ritual representation in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific site is named in this verse; it describes an encircling worship context (samantataḥ).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It emphasizes respectful veneration and collective participation as a social-ethical ideal, presented descriptively rather than as a command.