Shloka 4

बलरामस्य वारुणी-प्रसङ्गः, यमुनाकर्षणम्, लक्ष्मी-प्रदत्त-विभूषणम्, रेवती-विवाहः

Devanagari script

इत्य् उक्ता वारुणी तेन संनिधानम् अथाकरोत् वृन्दावनवनोत्पन्नकदम्बतरुकोटरे

Transliteration

ity uktā vāruṇī tena saṃnidhānam athākarot vṛndāvanavanotpannakadambatarukoṭare

Translation

Thus addressed, Vāruṇī made her presence manifest, taking her station within the hollow of a kadamba tree that had sprung up in the forest of Vṛndāvana.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उक्त्यर्थे (quotative particle)

• उक्ता: having been addressed/said to
• उक्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + उक्त (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘वारुणी’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• वारुणी: Vāruṇī
• वारुणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; कर्तृ/हेतु (by him)

• संनिधानम्: presence, proximity
• संनिधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संनिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• अकरोत्: made, effected
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वृन्दावनवनोत्पन्नकदम्बतरुकोटरे: in the hollow of a kadamba tree grown in Vṛndāvana forest
• वृन्दावनवनोत्पन्नकदम्बतरुकोटरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दावन + वन + उत्पन्न + कदम्ब + तरु + कोटर (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—वृन्दावन-वन-उत्पन्न-कदम्ब-तरु-कोटर (वृन्दावनवने उत्पन्नस्य कदम्बतरॊः कोटरे)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The divine can become present (saṃnidhāna) in particular places, turning ordinary nature into a locus of sacred encounter.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Cultivate ‘tīrtha-bhāva’ by approaching natural spaces with mindfulness, prayer, and purity of intent.

Vishishtadvaita: Sacred presence is real and localized without limiting the Lord’s all-pervasiveness—immanence with transcendence.

Characters & Entities

• Varuni
• Vrindavana
• Kadamba tree

FAQs

What is the significance of Vāruṇī taking ‘sannidhāna’ (presence) in this verse of the Vishnu Purana?

It marks a deliberate manifestation—Vāruṇī is not merely a substance but a personified potency that can be summoned and made to abide at a specific sacred locus within Vṛndāvana.

How does Sage Parāśara frame place and holiness in this Vrindavana passage?

By locating the event in a particular natural feature (the hollow of a kadamba tree), the narration treats Vṛndāvana as a charged sacred geography where presences can ‘take station’ and become part of the līlā setting.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context, even if not named in the verse?

In Ansha 5, the narrative assumes Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty through Krishna-līlā: beings and powers manifest and move within an order ultimately governed by the Supreme Reality (Vishnu) expressed through Krishna’s divine play.