Varaha Purana 113.39: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 39

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

एवं पश्यसि योगेन श्रूयते त्वं महायशाः ।। युगायुग सहस्राणि व्यतीतान्यसि संस्थितः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.39

Transliteration

evaṃ paśyasi yogena śrūyate tvaṃ mahāyaśāḥ || yugāyuga sahasrāṇi vyatītāny asi saṃsthitaḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

योग से आप सब देख सकते हो। आपका नाम बहुत बड़ा है। हज़ारों युग बीत गए, फिर भी आप वही हैं।

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Word by Word

• evam: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: evam (अव्यय)

• paśyasi: you see
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √paś (धातु)

• yogena: by yoga/through yogic power
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
• Role: Karana (करण)
• Root: yoga (प्रातिपदिक)

• śrūyate: is heard/is said
• Type: Verb
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive): 'is heard/it is said'
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √śru (धातु)

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

• mahāyaśāḥ: greatly renowned
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महत् यशः यस्य (as adjective-like epithet)
• Role: Sambodhana/Viśeṣaṇa (सम्बोधन/विशेषण)
• Root: mahā-yaśas (प्रातिपदिक)

• yugāyuga: age after age
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग: 'from age to age/each yuga'
• Role: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Root: yuga-yuga (प्रातिपदिक)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)

• vyatītāni: passed/elapsed
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; agrees with 'sahasrāṇi'
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: vi-ati-√i (धातु) → vyatīta (कृदन्त)

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

• saṃsthitaḥ: established/standing
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate with 'asi'
• Role: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Root: saṃ-√sthā (धातु) → saṃsthita (कृदन्त)

Sandhi Notes

• yugāyuga is an avyayībhāva compound used adverbially
• vyatītāny asi = vyatītāni asi

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Temporal-cosmological frame

Speaker

Dharaṇī (Pṛthivī)

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She worships

Her state of mind

Contemplative and awed, reflecting on the Lord’s timeless stability.

What she asks

How do you remain established and known across innumerable yugas, perceiving all through yoga?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Kāla and yoga metaphysics

Subjects

CosmologyPhilosophyTime Cycles

Core idea

The Lord’s yogic perception and establishment are constant; time changes do not alter the divine ground.

In practice

Adopt a long-view dharmic patience; use yogic recollection/śravaṇa (hearing sacred narratives) to stabilize the mind amid change.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Yuga Theory
• Sanskrit Hymnology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It provides evidence for Purāṇic temporal imagination (yuga cycles) and the linkage between yogic perception and cosmic time, themes influential in later philosophical and narrative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned; the verse focuses on temporal scale rather than spatial reference.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It encourages long-horizon thinking: stability and responsibility are framed across vast time, aligning human and ecological concerns with enduring cycles.