Varaha Purana 12.2: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 2

Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation

Pūrva Bhāga · Sacred Geography (Tīrtha-Māhātmya): Citrakūṭa

Devanagari script

चित्रकूटे गिरौ विष्णुः सदा रामेति कीर्त्यते । ततोऽहं रामसंज्ञेन नाम्ना स्तौमि जगत्पतिम् ॥ १२.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 12.2

Transliteration

citrakūṭe girau viṣṇuḥ sadā rāmeti kīrtyate | tato 'haṃ rāmasaṃjñena nāmnā staumi jagatpatim || 12.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

चित्रकूट पर्वत पर विष्णु को हमेशा राम के नाम से याद किया जाता है। इसलिए मैं भी जगत के स्वामी को राम के नाम से ही भक्ति करता हूँ।

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Word by Word

• citrakūṭe: at Citrakūṭa
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Root: citrakūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)

• girau: on the mountain
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative, 7th), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘is praised/called’)
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)

• sadā: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; temporal adverb
• Role: Kāla-viśeṣaṇa (कालविशेषण/Time adverb)
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)

• rāma: Rāma
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular); used as quoted name in iti-construction
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa/Abhidhāna (अभिधान/Name)
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle
• Role: Vākyārtha-bodhaka (वाक्यार्थबोधक/Quotation marker)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• kīrtyate: is praised; is celebrated
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana (Singular); passive sense ‘is praised/celebrated’
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Root: kīrt (धातु)

• tataḥ: therefore; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (sequence)
• Role: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)

• aham: I
• Type: Noun
• Form: Pronoun; Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• rāma-saṃjñena: with the name/designation ‘Rāma’
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṃsaka? (instrumental used as ‘by/with the designation’; standard is strīliṅga saṃjñā but compound behaves as subanta), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñā (प्रातिपदिक)

• nāmnā: by name
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṃsaka (Neuter), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक)

• staumi: I praise
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Root: stu (धातु)

• jagat-patim: the Lord of the world
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)
• Role: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• rāmeti = rāma + iti
• tato 'ham = tataḥ + aham
• jagatpatim = jagat + patim

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

What she asks

Why is Viṣṇu praised by the appellation “Rāma” at Citrakūṭa, and how does divine naming preserve sacred memory?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of nāma (divine onomastics)

Subjects

Heritage SitesGeographyTheology (onomastics of the divine)Cultural Memory

Core idea

The Lord is one, yet praised through context-bearing names that carry specific devotional and geographic resonances.

In practice

Anchor daily japa/stuti in a chosen divine name connected to a tīrtha or lineage to stabilize attention and deepen bhakti.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects Purāṇic strategies of sacred geography, associating a specific landscape (Citrakūṭa) with enduring commemorative practice (kīrtana/celebration) and linking regional memory to pan-Indic Vaiṣṇava identity through the name “Rāma.”

Which geographic location is identified?

Citrakūṭa (Citrakūṭa-giri), a well-attested North Indian pilgrimage landscape, commonly identified in modern scholarship with the Chitrakoot region spanning parts of present-day Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined remembrance and respectful speech—praising the ‘Lord of the world’ through a chosen name—functioning as a cultural-philosophical instruction on sustaining collective memory tied to a heritage site.