Varaha Purana 113.37: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 37

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Pūrva Bhāga · Pṛthivī-uddhāra (Earth’s appeal and recourse to Viṣṇu)

Devanagari script

वासवो वरुणश्चासि ह्यग्निर्मारुत एव च ।। अक्षरश्च क्षरश्चासि त्वं दिशो विदिशो भवान्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.37

Transliteration

vāsavo varuṇaś cāsi hy agnir māruta eva ca || akṣaraś ca kṣaraś cāsi tvaṃ diśo vidiśo bhavān

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Aap Indra ho aur Varun bhi. Aap Agni ho aur Vayu bhi. Aap woh ho jo kabhi khatam nahi hota, aur woh bhi jo khatam ho jata hai. Aap disha ho aur sab taraf ho.

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Word by Word

• vāsavaḥ: Vāsava (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (Indra)
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• asi: are
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √as (धातु)

• hi: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: hi (अव्यय)

• agniḥ: Agni (fire-god)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)

• mārutaḥ: Māruta (wind-god)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक)

• eva: certainly/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic/limiting particle)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: eva (अव्यय)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• akṣaraḥ: the imperishable
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• kṣaraḥ: the perishable
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: kṣara (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• asi: are
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √as (धातु)

• tvam: you
• Type: Noun
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• diśaḥ: directions
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'directions'
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)

• vidiśaḥ: intermediate directions
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; 'intermediate directions'
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: vidiś (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhavān: you (honored one)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम (honorific pronoun)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/भवद्-शब्द)

Sandhi Notes

• varuṇaś cāsi = varuṇaḥ ca asi
• hy agniḥ = hi agniḥ
• kṣaraś cāsi = kṣaraḥ ca asi

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Cosmological space-grid

Speaker

Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She worships

Her state of mind

Awe-struck and devotional, expanding her praise into cosmic identifications.

What she asks

Who are you in truth—are you the totality of gods, elements, and cosmic functions?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology (sarvātmakatva)

Subjects

CosmologyPhilosophyTheology (text-internal)

Core idea

The one Lord appears as many deities and forces; multiplicity is a functional manifestation of a single sovereign reality.

In practice

Practice ekānta-bhakti while honoring diverse forms; cultivate ‘seeing the divine in all directions’—ethical restraint and reverence in every place.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmic Identification
• Sanskrit Hymnology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic ‘identification hymns’ where multiple deities and cosmic principles are linguistically subsumed under a single supreme referent, aiding comparative study with Vedic and epic precedents.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single location is named; ‘directions’ and ‘inter-directions’ are cosmological categories used for mapping space.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse promotes a worldview of interconnectedness—natural forces and spatial order are treated as integrated aspects of a single sustaining principle.