Varaha Purana 96.55: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 55

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

मनोजवे जये जृम्भे भीमाक्ष क्षुभितक्षये ॥ महामारि विचित्राङ्गे जय नृत्यप्रिये शुभे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 96.55

Transliteration

manojave jaye jṛmbhe bhīmākṣe kṣubhitakṣaye || mahāmāri vicitrāṅge jaya nṛtyapriye śubhe

Translation

Sieg dir, die du so schnell bist wie der Geist; Sieg, o Weit-Entfaltete; o Schreckensblickende, Vernichterin von Erschütterung und Verfall. O große Pestmacht, Herrin über Seuchenkräfte, von wunderbaren Gliedern — Sieg dir, Tanzliebende, die Heilsame.

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Word by Word

• manojave: O swift as the mind
• manojave: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mano-java (प्रातिपदिक; मनस् + जव)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine); तत्पुरुष-समासः (मनसः जवः)

• jaye: O Victory
• jaye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• jṛmbhe: O Yawning/Expanding one
• jṛmbhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jṛmbhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• bhīmākṣe: O terrible-eyed one
• bhīmākṣe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma-akṣa (प्रातिपदिक; भीम + अक्ष)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समासः (भीमं अक्षि यस्याः/या)

• kṣubhitakṣaye: O one whose destruction is agitated/violent
• kṣubhitakṣaye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣubhita-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक; क्षुभित + क्षय)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समासः (क्षुभितः क्षयः यस्याः/या)

• mahāmāri: O great plague/affliction
• mahāmāri: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-māri (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मारि)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समासः

• vicitrāṅge: O one of wondrous limbs
• vicitrāṅge: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicitra-aṅga (प्रातिपदिक; विचित्र + अङ्ग)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; कर्मधारय-समासः

• jaya: be victorious / triumph
• jaya: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• nṛtyapriye: O lover of dance
• nṛtyapriye: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛtya-priya (प्रातिपदिक; नृत्य + प्रिय)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समासः (नृत्यस्य प्रिया)

• śubhe: O auspicious one
• śubhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

Speaker

Unspecified (default dialogue frame: Varāha as instructor addressing Pṛthivī; here functioning as a stotra-voice praising Devī)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Hymns
• Śākta Vocabulary
• Varāha Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic stotra-style register in which Devī is addressed through dense epithets, reflecting medieval Sanskrit hymn conventions and ritualized protective speech.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse models disciplined praise as a cultural practice—using language to seek protection and stability amid disorder (kṣubhita/kṣaya).