Varaha Purana 11.24: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 24

Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel

Devanagari script

तदा शङ्खगदापाणिः पीतवासा जनार्दनः । गरुडस्थोऽपि तेजस्वी द्वादशादित्यसप्रभः ॥ ११.२४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 11.24

Transliteration

tadā śaṅkhagadāpāṇiḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ | garuḍastho 'pi tejasvī dvādaśādityasaprabhaḥ || 11.24 ||

Translation

फिर जनार्दन दिखाई दिए। उनके हाथ में शंख और गदा थी। पीले कपड़े पहने थे। गरुड़ पर बैठे थे। इतना चमक रहे थे जैसे बारह सूरज एक साथ चमक रहे हों।

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Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; time-adverb ‘then’

• शङ्खगदापाणिः: one with conch-and-mace in hand
• शङ्खगदापाणिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘he whose hands (hold) conch and mace’

• पीतवासा: wearing yellow garments
• पीतवासा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘he whose garment is yellow’

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana
• जनार्दनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper epithet of Viṣṇu

• गरुडस्थः: seated on Garuḍa
• गरुडस्थः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः ‘गरुडे स्थितः’ (seated on Garuḍa)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also/even’

• तेजस्वी: radiant
• तेजस्वी: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘radiant, powerful’ qualifying the subject

• द्वादशादित्यसप्रभः: having the splendor of twelve suns
• द्वादशादित्यसप्रभः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः ‘whose splendor is like (that of) twelve suns’ (द्वादश-आदित्य-स-प्रभः)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; not explicit in this verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a conventional Purāṇic iconographic description of Viṣṇu (Janārdana) and associates his radiance with solar divinities (Ādityas), reflecting shared imagery across early medieval Sanskrit devotional and mythological literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a descriptive (theophanic/iconographic) passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse functions as a narrative-visual depiction emphasizing sovereignty, protection, and luminous authority within the text’s broader Varāha–Pṛthivī framework.