Varaha Purana 21.10: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 10

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

Pūrva Bhāga · Genealogical Narratives (Dakṣa–Śiva–Pārvatī cycle)

Devanagari script

सा अपि दक्षाय सुष्रोणी गौरी दत्ताथ ब्रह्मणा । दुहितृत्वे पुरा या हि रुद्रेणोढा महात्मना ॥ २१.११ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.10

Transliteration

sā api dakṣāya suśroṇī gaurī dattātha brahmaṇā | duhitṛtve purā yā hi rudreṇoḍhā mahātmanā || 21.11 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Brahma ne Gauri ko Daksh ko beti bana ke de diya. Pehle bhi woh Rudra ki patni thi, jab Daksh ki beti ban ke aayi thi. Ab phir se beti ban ke gayi.

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Word by Word

• sā: she
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/nom.), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• api: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Nipāta/particle (निपात)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Root: api (अव्यय)

• dakṣāya: to Dakṣa
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Caturthī vibhakti (चतुर्थी/dat.), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)

• suśroṇī: the fair-hipped (woman)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/nom.), Ekavacana (एकवचन); viśeṣaṇa of sā (विशेषण)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: suśroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)

• gaurī: Gaurī
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā vibhakti (प्रथमा/nom.), Ekavacana (एकवचन); proper name
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)

• dattā: given
• Type: Verb
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि/क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with gaurī/sā
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: dā (दा धातु) + kta (क्त)

• atha: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya adverb/conj. (अव्यय/समुच्चय)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: atha (अव्यय)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (तृतीया/inst.), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)

• duhitṛtve: in the state of being a daughter
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṁsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) abstract in -tva (त्व), Saptamī vibhakti (सप्तमी/loc.), Ekavacana (एकवचन)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: duhitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)

• purā: formerly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Kālavācī avyaya/adverb (कालवाच्य-अव्यय)
• Role: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Root: purā (अव्यय)

• yā: who
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; relative pronoun (यत्-शब्द) referring to sā/gaurī
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

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

• rudreṇa: by Rudra
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)

• ūḍhā: married (taken as wife)
• Type: Verb
• Form: Kṛdanta past passive participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; idiomatically ‘married’
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: vah (वह् धातु) + kta (क्त)

• mahātmanā: by the great-souled (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Puṁliṅga, Tṛtīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of rudreṇa (विशेषण)
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + ātman)

Sandhi Notes

• dattātha = dattā + atha
• rudreṇoḍhā = rudreṇa + ūḍhā (o-sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Genealogical/social cosmos

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Mythic ethics of role and dharma

Subjects

GenealogyMythic HistoryCosmology

Core idea

The same divine principle (Gaurī/Śakti) can assume different dharmic roles across cycles—daughter, bride—without contradiction in Purāṇic time.

In practice

Distinguish essence from role: maintain integrity while fulfilling changing responsibilities (āśrama/relationship duties) across life phases.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Shared Narratives
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic genealogical motif linking Brahmā, Dakṣa, Gaurī (Pārvatī), and Rudra, illustrating how Purāṇas organize mythic history through repeated cycles of kinship and marriage narratives.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is explicitly named in this verse; the content is genealogical rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not present an explicit ethical injunction; it primarily records lineage and relational roles (daughterhood and marriage) within a mythic-historical framework.