Varaha Purana 214.56: Adhyaya 214, Shloka 56

The Glory of Gokarṇa: Description of Nandikeśvara’s Boon and the Assembly of Deities on Mount Muñjavat

Devanagari script

विनतो नागराजश्च कम्बलाश्वतरौ तथा ॥ भुजगाधिपतिर्वीर एलापत्रस्तथैव च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 214.56

Transliteration

vinato nāgarājaś ca kambalāśvatarau tathā || bhujagādhipatir vīra elāpatras tathaiva ca

Translation

विनत नाग राजा आया था। कंबल और अश्वतर भी थे। और एलापत्र भी वहाँ था, बहुत बहादुर नाग राजा।

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Word by Word

• vinataḥ: Vinata
• vinataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vinata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; nāma (proper name)

• nāga-rājaḥ: king of nāgas
• nāga-rājaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (king of nāgas)

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

• kambala-aśvatarau: Kambala and Aśvatara
• kambala-aśvatarau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक) + aśvatara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Dvivacana (dual); samāsa: dvandva (Kambala and Aśvatara)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb: 'likewise/also')

• bhujaga-adhipatiḥ: overlord of serpents
• bhujaga-adhipatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhujaga (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (overlord of serpents)

• vīraḥ: heroic/brave
• vīraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa

• elā-patraḥ: Elāpatra
• elā-patraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: elā (प्रातिपदिक) + patra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; samāsa: tatpuruṣa (having elā-leaves; proper name)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Varāha (default, dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Mythic Genealogies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Such lists preserve mythic lineages and titles that circulated across Purāṇic and epic traditions, functioning as a cross-textual index of revered beings.

Which geographic location is identified?

None is mentioned; the verse remains within genealogical enumeration.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical teaching is stated; the focus is identification and status of nāga leaders.