Varaha Purana 163.36: Adhyaya 163, Shloka 36

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

Devanagari script

तदुद्धर्त्तुं न शक्नोति रावणो विस्मयङ्गतः ॥ शङ्करेण पुरा सार्द्धं कैलासस्तु मयोद्धृतः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 163.36

Transliteration

tad uddharttuṃ na śaknoti rāvaṇo vismayaṅgataḥ || śaṅkareṇa purā sārddhaṃ kailāsaḥ tu mayoddhṛtaḥ

Translation

रावण हैरान रह गया। वो उसे उठा नहीं पाया। पहले मैंने शंकर के साथ कैलाश पर्वत उठाया था।

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Word by Word

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• उद्धर्तुम्: to lift up
• उद्धर्तुम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), अव्ययभाव; ‘to lift up’

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• शक्नोति: is able
• शक्नोति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विस्मयङ्गतः: having fallen into astonishment
• विस्मयङ्गतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मय-गत (प्रातिपदिक; विस्मय + गत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘विस्मयं गतः’ इति द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष

• शङ्करेण: by Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करेण: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (सहकारी/Comitative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (comitative adverb)

• कैलासः: Kailāsa (mountain)
• कैलासः: Karma (कर्म; passive subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (contrastive particle)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by me’

• उद्धृतः: was lifted up
• उद्धृतः: Kriya (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव

Speaker

Narrator (default framework: Varāha as instructor)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sacred Geography
• Intertextual Epic Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a widespread mythic motif (Kailāsa and Rāvaṇa) and is valuable for tracing narrative diffusion between Purāṇas and epic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

Kailāsa (Mount Kailāsa), a major sacred-geographic reference in Indic literature, commonly associated with the Himalayan region in scholarly discourse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage contrasts capability and hubris, implying limits to power when unaccompanied by proper disposition or authorization.