Varaha Purana 95.64: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 64

The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power

Devanagari script

श्रीवराह उवाच । एतदेव रहस्यं ते कीर्तितं भूतधारिणि । रुद्रस्य खलु माहात्म्यं सकलं कीर्तितं मया ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 95.64

Transliteration

śrīvarāha uvāca | etad eva rahasyaṃ te kīrtitaṃ bhūtadhāriṇi | rudrasya khalu māhātmyaṃ sakalaṃ kīrtitaṃ mayā ||

Translation

Śrī Varāha sprach: Dieses selbe Geheimnis ist dir verkündet worden, o Trägerin der Wesen; wahrlich, die ganze Größe Rudras habe ich dargelegt.

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Word by Word

• śrī-varāhaḥ: Śrī Varāha
• śrī-varāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); honorific karmadhāraya ‘glorious Varāha’

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्/perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

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

• rahasyam: secret/teaching
• rahasyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rahasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन)

• kīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate with rahasyam

• bhūta-dhāriṇi: O bearer of beings
• bhūta-dhāriṇi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta + dhāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘bearer of beings’ (address)

• rudrasya: of Rudra
• rudrasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन)

• khalu: indeed
• khalu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: khalu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), assurance/emphasis

• māhātmyam: greatness/glory
• māhātmyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies māhātmyam

• kīrtitam: has been proclaimed
• kīrtitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate with māhātmyam

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Narrative Frame
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is a formal narrative hinge: the explicit speaker tag and the claim of completing Rudra’s māhātmya help map textual strata and sectarian interfaces within Purāṇic compilation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location appears; the verse functions as a dialogic and thematic closure marker.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames doctrinal transmission as a responsibility of the teacher and a trust shared with the inquirer—an ethic of careful communication of ‘rahasya’ (specialized knowledge).