Varaha Purana 187.18: Adhyaya 187, Shloka 18

Determination of the Origin and Procedure of the Ancestral Offering

Pitṛyajña/Śrāddha

Devanagari script

विनिस्सृतं जलं तत्र मायया तदनन्तरम् ॥ प्रलये च विनिवृत्ते ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 187.18

Transliteration

vinisṛtaṃ jalaṃ tatra māyayā tad-anantaram || pralaye ca vinivṛtte brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ||

Translation

फिर तुरंत माया के कारण वहाँ से पानी निकलने लगा। जब प्रलय खत्म हुआ, तब ब्रह्मा आए। वो सब लोक के पितामह थे।

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Word by Word

• विनिस्सृतम्: flowed out / issued forth
• विनिस्सृतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वि + सृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: √सृ (to flow) उपसर्ग: वि, नि

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• मायया: by illusion
• मायया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• तत्-अनन्तरम्: immediately after that
• तत्-अनन्तरम्: Desha-Kala (देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial)

• प्रलये: at the dissolution
• प्रलये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विनिवृत्ते: when (it) had ceased / ended
• विनिवृत्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) सप्तमी-एकवचन, पुं/नपुंसक; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध) ‘when ... had ceased’; धातु: √वृत्/√वृत्त (to turn back/cease)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लोकपितामहः: grandfather of the worlds
• लोकपितामहः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: लोकानां पितामहः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Mythic Cycles
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects the cyclic model of time central to Purāṇic cosmology: dissolution followed by re-manifestation, with Brahmā reintroduced as the agent of renewed creation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the narrative remains cosmic in scope.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage suggests continuity through cycles—an interpretive ethic of resilience and renewal rather than finality.