Varaha Purana 163.33: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 33

The Greatness of Kapila-Varāha: The Efficacy of Vaikuṇṭha Tīrtha and the Installation History of the Varāha Image

Devanagari script

मम त्वं भक्तिनम्रस्य प्रसादं कुरु सर्वदा ॥ इति स्तुतो रावणेन देवदेवो जगत्पतिः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.33

Transliteration

mama tvaṃ bhaktinamrasya prasādaṃ kuru sarvadā || iti stuto rāvaṇena devadevo jagatpatiḥ ||

Translation

मैं भक्ति में झुका हुआ हूँ, हमेशा मुझे कृपा करना। रावण ने ऐसे ही भगवान की स्तुति की, जो दुनिया के मालिक हैं।

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Word by Word

• मम: my/of me
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भक्ति-नम्रस्य: of (one) humble with devotion
• भक्ति-नम्रस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + नम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समास: तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या नम्रः = humble through devotion)

• प्रसादम्: grace/favor
• प्रसादम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुरु: do/grant
• कुरु: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kāla (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• इति: thus
• इति: Prakāra/Quotation marker (उक्तिसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्तुतः: praised
• स्तुतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicate (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तुत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि—‘praised’

• रावणेन: by Rāvaṇa
• रावणेन: Karta (कर्ता) [in passive construction]
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• देव-देवः: the God of gods
• देव-देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• जगत्-पतिः: lord of the world
• जगत्-पतिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पतिः = lord of the world)

Speaker

Rāvaṇa (first sentence is direct request; second is narrator’s framing)

Tags

• Purāṇa Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Prayer Language
• Sanskrit Narrative Technique

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It closes a hymn segment with an explicit request for prasāda and a narrator’s summary, a common Purāṇic compositional device that helps identify speakers and transitions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic reference appears in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds humility (namratā) and the aspiration for sustained ethical alignment through continued favor (prasāda).