Shloka 23

नरकासुरवधः, अदीतिकुण्डल-प्रत्यर्पणम्, तथा भारावतरण-लीला

Devanagari script

यदाहम् उद्धृता नाथ त्वया सूकरमूर्तिना त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः पुत्रस् तदायं मय्य् अजायत

Transliteration

yadāham uddhṛtā nātha tvayā sūkaramūrtinā tvatsparśasaṃbhavaḥ putras tadāyaṃ mayy ajāyata

Translation

O Lord, when You lifted me up in the form of the Boar (Varāha), then by the sanctifying touch of Yours this son was conceived and came to be within me.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘when’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• उद्धृता: (was) lifted up/rescued
• उद्धृता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘उद्धृत’

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• सूकरमूर्तिना: in the boar-form
• सूकरमूर्तिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘सूकर-रूपा मूर्तिः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘मूर्ति’ का तृतीया-एकवचन (मूर्तिना) — Instrumental singular

• त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः: born from your touch
• त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘त्वत्स्पर्शात् सम्भवः’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (correlative adverb: ‘then’)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular

• अजायत: was born
• अजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘was born’

Speaker

Earth (Pṛthivī/Bhū-devī) addressing Lord Vishnu (Varāha)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Avatara Context

Avatara: Varaha

Purpose: He descends as the Boar to lift the Earth from the abyss and re-establish the stability of the world-order.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Re-establishment of Bhūmi in her proper place, safeguarding cosmic order (bhū-dhāraṇa).

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s contact is intrinsically purifying and efficacious, making even worldly events participate in sacred causality.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Treat divine remembrance (nāma, arcana, smaraṇa) as sanctifying contact that transforms one’s inner life and relationships.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s real, gracious touch operates within the world, showing immanence without denying transcendence.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Bhumi

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Varaha
• Bhumi (Earth Goddess)

FAQs

What is the significance of Varaha lifting the Earth in the Vishnu Purana?

It presents Vishnu’s sovereignty as the restorer of cosmic order: when the Earth is submerged or destabilized, the Lord manifests as Varaha to raise and re-establish her in the proper cosmic arrangement.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame creation through the Lord’s touch in this verse?

The verse attributes generative power to Vishnu’s contact (tvat-sparśa), implying that life and lineage can arise as an effect of divine presence—creation as a sacred, Lord-dependent process rather than a merely material event.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is shown as the Supreme Reality who both protects and produces: His avatar restores the world, and His will/touch becomes the source of further manifestation, aligning with Vaishnava readings that place all origination under the Lord’s supremacy.