Varaha Purana 48.2: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 2

The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla

Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra / Aṅga-nyāsa style praise (Vaishnava devotional formulae)

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु कल्किने पादौ हृषीकेशाय वै कटिम् । म्लेच्छविध्वंसनायेति जगन्मूर्त्ते तथोदरम् ॥ ४८.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 48.2

Transliteration

namo 'stu kalkine pādau hṛṣīkeśāya vai kaṭim | mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti jaganmūrtte tathodaram || 48.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

કલ્કિના ચરણોને નમસ્કાર; હૃષીકેશની કટિને પણ નમસ્કાર; ‘મ્લેચ્છવિધ્વંસક’ કહીને, જગન્મૂર્તિના ઉદરને પણ તેમ જ નમસ્કાર।

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Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), interjection/particle (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)
• Role: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)

• astu: may it be; let there be
• Type: Verb
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative/benedictive sense), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana (singular)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: as (अस् धातु)

• kalkine: to Kalkin
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Caturthī-vibhakti (4th/dative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: kalkin (प्रातिपदिक)

• pādau: (his) two feet
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (2nd/accusative), Dvi-vacana (dual)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)

• hṛṣīkeśāya: to Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (dative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)

• vai: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, particle/emphasis (निपात)
• Role: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• kaṭim: waist
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā (accusative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)

• mleccha-vidhvaṃsanāya: to the destroyer of the mlecchas
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (vidhvaṃsana), Caturthī (dative), Eka-vacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (म्लेच्छानां विध्वंसनम्)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: mleccha (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhvaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus; saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle (इति-निपात)
• Role: Vākyārtha-marker (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• jagat-mūrtte: in/at the form of the universe
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (mūrti), Saptamī-vibhakti (7th/locative), Eka-vacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (जगतः मूर्तिः)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)

• tathā: likewise; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Role: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)

• udaram: belly; abdomen
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Dvitīyā (accusative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• namo 'stu = namaḥ + astu (visarga sandhi)
• mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti = mleccha-vidhvaṃsanāya + iti
• tathodaram = tathā + udaram

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of names-and-forms

Subjects

Devotional LiteratureTheology (Vaishnava epithets)Ritual Language (body-part homage/nyāsa-like phrasing)

Core idea

One Lord bears many epithets across time and function; devotion can be practiced as aṅga-vandana, sanctifying perception of the divine body as the cosmos.

In practice

Use the verse as part of pūjā/nyāsa: touch feet/waist/belly (or visualize) while reciting, cultivating sense-control (Hṛṣīkeśa) and trust in dharma-restoration (Kalki).

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Stotra

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic register of Vaiṣṇava praise using multiple epithets (Kalkin, Hṛṣīkeśa, jaganmūrti) and a body-part homage structure reminiscent of stotra and nyāsa-style devotional diction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily theological and hymnic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse functions as an invocation of reverence and protective order (dispelling disruptive forces), framed as homage rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.