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Varaha Purana 23.25: Adhyaya 23, Shloka 25

The Birth of Gaṇapati, the Emergence of the Vināyakas, and the Significance of the Fourth Lunar Day

भवांस्तथा । अस्यात्मवरेण चाम्बरे त्वया चतुष्वस्तु शरीरचारी । आकाशमेतद् बहुधा व्यवस्थितं त्वया वरेण्यः कृत एव नान्यः ॥ २३.२५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 23.25

bhavāṁs tathā . asyātmavareṇa cāmbare tvayā catuṣv astu śarīracārī | ākāśam etad bahudhā vyavasthitaṁ tvayā vareṇyaḥ kṛta eva nānyaḥ || 23.25 ||

तुम भी वैसे ही हो। तुम्हारा खुद का बल है, तुम चार तरह से आसमान में रहते हो। यह पूरा आसमान तुमने ही बनाया है, बहुत तरह से। तुमने ही इसको बनाया, किसी और ने नहीं।

bhavānyou (sir)
bhavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); honorific 2nd-person pronoun
tathāso/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
asyaof this (one)
asya:
Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
ātma-vareṇaby (his/your) own boon
ātma-vareṇa:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootātman (प्रातिपदिक) + vara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘by (his/your) own boon’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)
ambarein the sky
ambare:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootambara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
catuṣuin four (forms/places)
catuṣu:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootcatur (प्रातिपदिक)
FormLocative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural (बहुवचन); numeral used substantively
astulet (him/it) be
astu:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ‘let there be’
śarīra-cārīone who moves with a body (embodied mover)
śarīra-cārī:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + cārin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate noun with astu
ākāśamspace/sky
ākāśam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootākāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
etatthis
etat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd—प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying ākāśam
bahudhāin many ways
bahudhā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahudhā (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
vyavasthitamarranged/established
vyavasthitam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-ava-sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त—व्यवस्थित), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); agreeing with ākāśam
tvayāby you
tvayā:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormInstrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
vareṇyaḥmost excellent/choice-worthy
vareṇyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootvareṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); predicate adjective (subject understood)
kṛtaḥmade/done
kṛtaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootkṛ (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त—कृत), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (निपात)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
anyaḥanother (one)
anyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic cosmological idiom in which ākāśa (space/ether) is presented as an ordered domain, emphasizing intentional arrangement and a structured universe within early Sanskrit narrative-theological literature.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological (ākāśa) rather than a place-name tied to sacred geography.

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical instruction: the cosmos is intelligible as an ordered system, inviting reflective understanding of structure, causality, and responsible orientation within a well-arranged world.

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