Varaha Purana 144.103: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 103

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मा तं च महादेवं पप्रच्छ प्रणतः स्थितः ॥ अत्यद्भुतं महत्तेजश्चाद्भुतं किं महेश्वर ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.103

Transliteration

brahmā taṃ ca mahādevaṃ papraccha praṇataḥ sthitaḥ || atyadbhutaṃ mahattējaś cādbhutaṃ kiṃ maheśvara ||

Translation

ब्रह्मा झुक के खड़ा हो गया। उन्होंने महादेव से पूछा कि बड़ा अजीब चमक आ गई है। यह क्या चीज़ है बताओ।

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Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• mahādevam: Mahādeva
• mahādevam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular

• papraccha: asked
• papraccha: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prach (प्रच्छ् धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• praṇataḥ: bowed / prostrated
• praṇataḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√nam (नम् धातु; क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally, Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'bowed down'

• sthitaḥ: standing
• sthitaḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था धातु; क्त)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'standing/remaining'

• ati-adbhutam: exceedingly wondrous
• ati-adbhutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + adbhuta (अद्भुत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; avyayībhāva: 'exceedingly wonderful'

• mahat-tejaḥ: great radiance
• mahat-tejaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (महत् प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (तेजस् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular; 'great splendor/energy'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction

• adbhutam: wonderful
• adbhutam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: adbhuta (अद्भुत प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular; predicate/object complement

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; interrogative pronoun

• maheśvara: O Maheśvara
• maheśvara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + īśvara (ईश्वर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Rhetoric

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves technical narrative vocabulary (adbhuta, tejas) used across Purāṇas to mark extraordinary cosmological events requiring interpretation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It models reverent inquiry and the pursuit of understanding when confronted with powerful phenomena.