Varaha Purana 48.2: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 2

The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla

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 ||

Translation

Kalki bhagwan ke charnon ko namaskar hai. Hrishikesh ki kamar ko pranam hai. Woh mlecchon ko khatam karte hain, isliye unka nam lete hain. Yeh poora jag unki shakal mein hai, unke pet ko bhi namaskar hai.

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Word by Word

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)

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.