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Varaha Purana 21.70: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 70

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

सिताङ्गरागाप्रतिपन्नमूर्ते कपालधारिं त्रिपुरघ्न देव । प्रपाहि नः सर्वभयेषु चैव उमापते पुष्करनालजन्म ॥ २१.७१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.70

sitāṅgarāgāpratipannamūrte kapāladhāriṁ tripuraghna deva | prapāhi naḥ sarvabhayeṣu caiva umāpate puṣkaranālajanma || 21.71 ||

હે શ્વેત અંગરાગથી અભિષિક્ત મૂર્તિવાળા, કપાલધારી, ત્રિપુરઘ્ન દેવ! સર્વ ભયોમાં અમારી રક્ષા કરો. હે ઉમાપતિ, પુષ્કરનાળજન્મા, અમને સંભાળો.

सित-अङ्ग-राग-प्रतिपन्न-मूर्तेO you whose form is covered with white body-ash
सित-अङ्ग-राग-प्रतिपन्न-मूर्ते:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसित (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + राग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिपन्न (कृदन्त, √पद्/√पद्-प्रति) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-सम्बोधनरूपेण (addressing the deity); बहुव्रीहिसमासः—“सिताङ्गरागेन प्रतिपन्ना मूर्तिर्यस्य”
कपाल-धारिणम्the skull-bearer
कपाल-धारिणम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकपाल (प्रातिपदिक) + धारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः—कपालं धारयतीति
त्रिपुर-घ्नO slayer of Tripura
त्रिपुर-घ्न:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक, √हन्)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—त्रिपुरं हन्तीति
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग
प्रपाहिprotect (us)
प्रपाहि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पा (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नःus / for us
नः:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचनबहुवचनयोः (Genitive/Dative enclitic), “of us / to us”
सर्व-भयेषुin all fears/dangers
सर्व-भयेषु:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारयः—सर्वाणि भयानीति
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)
उमा-पतेO lord of Umā
उमा-पते:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootउमा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुषः—उमायाः पतिः
पुष्कर-नाल-जन्मन्O lotus-stalk-born (Brahmā)
पुष्कर-नाल-जन्मन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक) + नाल (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुषः—पुष्करनाले जन्म यस्य (i.e., lotus-stalk-born)

Pṛthivī (default, within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
S
Sanskrit Hymns
I
Inter-sectarian Motifs

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It preserves a compact Śiva-stuti using well-known Purāṇic epithets (e.g., Tripuraghna, Kapāladhārin), illustrating how Purāṇic compilations often embed hymn-like verses within broader narrative or didactic frames.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions primarily as an invocation for protection rather than a description of sacred geography.

The verse foregrounds a cultural-philosophical practice of seeking protection and composure amid fear through formalized praise and remembrance of a deity’s attributes.

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