Varaha Purana 114.6: Adhyaya 114, Shloka 6

The Varāha Incarnation and Pṛthivī’s Inquiries on Ritual Procedure and Devotional Outcomes

Devanagari script

षट् सहस्राणि चोच्छ्रायो विस्तारेण पुनस्त्रयः ॥ एवं नवसहस्राणि योजनानां विधाय च ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 114.6

Transliteration

ṣaṭ sahasrāṇi coccchrāyo vistāreṇa punas trayaḥ || evaṃ navasahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ vidhāya ca ||

Translation

उस वराह की ऊँचाई छह हज़ार योजन थी। चौड़ाई तीन हज़ार योजन थी। ऐसे ही पूरा साइज़ नौ हज़ार योजन का था।

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Word by Word

• ṣaṭ: six
• ṣaṭ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṭ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; here qualifying sahasrāṇi

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; here as measure: 'six thousand' (prathamā as predicate/subject of implied 'was')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• ucchrāyaḥ: height
• ucchrāyaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ucchrāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; 'height' (of the form)

• vistāreṇa: in breadth/by breadth
• vistāreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; 'in breadth/with breadth' (measure-instrument)

• punaḥ: again/further
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक adverb

• trayaḥ: three
• trayaḥ: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; 'three'—elliptically 'three (thousand)' with sahasrāṇi understood

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय

• nava-sahasrāṇi: nine thousand
• nava-sahasrāṇi: Pramāṇa (प्रमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास (numeral compound); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचन; 'nine thousands'

• yojanānām: of yojanas
• yojanānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन; measure-unit genitive: 'of yojanas'

• vidhāya: having set/arranged
• vidhāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययकृदन्त; 'having arranged/established'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Narrator (implicit Purāṇic voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Puranic Cosmology
• Ancient Geography
• Textual Metrics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic use of large-scale measures (yojana) to express cosmic magnitude, relevant to the history of Indian metrological imagination.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location; the verse provides a metrical description of Varāha’s cosmic scale.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the emphasis is on scale and capability in the service of restoration.