Varaha Purana 21.17: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 17

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Devanagari script

तत्र भागार्थिनो देवा आदित्या वसवस्तथा । विश्वेदेवाः सपितरो गन्धर्वाद्या मरुद्गणाः ॥ २१.१८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.17

Transliteration

tatra bhāgārthino devā ādityā vasavas tathā | viśvedevāḥ sapitaro gandharvādyā marudgaṇāḥ || 21.18 ||

Translation

ત્યાં પોતપોતાના ભાગ માટે ઇચ્છુક દેવો—આદિત્ય અને વસુ, પિતૃઓ સાથે વિશ્વેદેવો, તેમજ ગંધર્વાદિ અને મરુદ્ગણ—એકત્ર થયા હતા.

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Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha-adhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of place

• bhāga-arthinaḥ: desirous of (their) shares
• bhāga-arthinaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक) + arthin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘seeking a share’

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ādityāḥ: Ādityas
• ādityāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vasavaḥ: Vasus
• vasavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/particle (निपात) meaning ‘also/likewise’

• viśve-devāḥ: the Viśvedevas
• viśve-devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः ‘all-gods’ (Viśvedevas)

• sa-pitaraḥ: together with the Pitṛs
• sa-pitaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); अव्ययीभावः ‘together with the Pitṛs’

• gandharva-ādyāḥ: Gandharvas and others
• gandharva-ādyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gandharva (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘Gandharvas and others’

• marut-gaṇāḥ: hosts of Maruts
• marut-gaṇāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marut (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘groups of Maruts’

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaishnavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard Purāṇic catalog of divine classes (deva-gaṇas), reflecting shared cosmological and ritual vocabularies across early medieval Sanskrit literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a cosmological/ritual enumeration rather than a topographic reference.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is descriptive—situating multiple divine and ancestral groups within a shared framework of 'allotted shares' (bhāga) commonly associated with ritual distribution and cosmic order.