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Varaha Purana 213.35: Adhyaya 213, Shloka 35

The Glory of Gokarṇeśvara: Nandin’s Austerities and Śiva’s Boons

सहस्रसूर्यकिरणं ज्वालामालिनमूर्जितम् ॥ बालार्कमण्डलाकारं प्रभामण्डलमण्डितम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 213.35

sahasrasūryakiraṇaṃ jvālāmālinam ūrjitam || bālārkamaṇḍalākāraṃ prabhāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam ||

वो रूप ऐसा चमक रहा था जैसे हज़ार सूरज चमक रहे हों। आग उसके चारों तरफ थी। वो सूरज जैसा गोल था और उसके चारों तरफ एक चमकदार सर्किल था।

सहस्रसूर्यकिरणम्having rays like a thousand suns
सहस्रसूर्यकिरणम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसहस्र + सूर्य + किरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सहस्राणां सूर्याणां किरण इव/सहस्रसूर्यस्य किरणः) — रूपम्-विशेषण
ज्वालामालिनम्garlanded with flames
ज्वालामालिनम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootज्वाला + मालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ज्वालानां माला यस्य)
ऊर्जितम्mighty, energized
ऊर्जितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootऊर्ज् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; रूपम्-विशेषण
बालार्कमण्डलाकारम्shaped like the orb of the rising sun
बालार्कमण्डलाकारम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootबाल + अर्क + मण्डल + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बालार्कस्य मण्डलस्य आकारः इव)
प्रभामण्डलमण्डितम्adorned with a circle of radiance
प्रभामण्डलमण्डितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभा + मण्डल + मण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (प्रभामण्डलेन मण्डितम्) + कृदन्त (PPP from मण्ड्/मण्डित)

Narrator (description of form; speaker not explicit)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Poetics
Ś
Śaiva Traditions
C
Comparative Iconography

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Such radiant similes are central to Purāṇic and devotional aesthetics, helping standardize descriptive conventions later echoed in iconographic and hymn traditions.

None; the verse is purely descriptive of the deity’s appearance.

Implicitly, it frames the divine as overwhelming and transformative, encouraging humility and attentiveness in a visionary context.

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