Varaha Purana 113.6: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 6

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Pūrva Bhāga · Sanatkumāra arrives; observes Earth

Devanagari script

स तेन सान्त्वितायां वै पृथिव्यां यः समागतः ॥ सनत्कुमारस्तत्क्षेत्रे दृष्ट्वा तां संस्थितां महीम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.6

Transliteration

sa tena sāntvitāyāṃ vai pṛthivyāṃ yaḥ samāgataḥ || sanatkumāras tat-kṣetre dṛṣṭvā tāṃ saṃsthitāṃ mahīm ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Jab dharti ko thoda sahaara mil gaya, tab Sanatkumar wahan aa gaye. Us jagah dekha ki dharti wapas apni jagah par aa gayi hai.

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Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• Type: Noun
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• tena: by him/with that
• Type: Noun
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• sāntvitāyām: when consoled/in the consoled (state)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally, qualifying pṛthivyām
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: sāntvita (प्रातिपदिक)

• vai: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Particle (निपात) of emphasis
• Role: Emphasis (निपात)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• pṛthivyām: in/on the earth
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)

• yaḥ: who
• Type: Noun
• Form: Relative pronoun (यद्-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)

• samāgataḥ: having come/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past active participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)

• sanatkumāraḥ: Sanatkumāra
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: sanat + kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)

• tat: that
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Demonstrative (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Stem-form used in compound with kṣetre
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• kṣetre: in the field/place
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form
• Role: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)

• tām: her/that (earth)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)

• saṃsthitām: standing/placed
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying tām/mahīm
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु)

• mahīm: the earth
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to tām
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• सनत्कुमारस्तत्क्षेत्रे = सनत्कुमारः + तत् + क्षेत्रे

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Kṣetra (generic sacred site motif)

Speaker

Narrator

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She listens

Her state of mind

Relieved, stabilized (saṃsthitā) after consolation

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Cosmological framing / pramāṇa by witness

Subjects

CosmologyHeritage Sites (generic kṣetra motif)

Core idea

Cosmic stability (dhāraṇā/saṃsthiti) is a divine act later confirmed by ṛṣi-witness, grounding tradition in remembered sacred geography.

In practice

Treat kṣetra-narratives as living memory: approach sacred places with reverence and learn from realized teachers who ‘arrive’ after restoration to transmit meaning.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Earth is already consoled and re-established; Varaha’s action is presupposed rather than described.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces Sanatkumāra—often a transmitter of knowledge—indicating a shift from cosmological event to didactic dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

The text says 'tat-kṣetre' (“in that region/place”) without naming it; identification is not possible from this fragment alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Stabilization and consolation precede instruction: restoration is followed by reflective discourse and guidance.