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Varaha Purana 27.28: Adhyaya 27, Shloka 28

The Slaying of Andhaka and the Manifestation of the Eight Mother-Goddesses from Divine Afflictions

स्वरूपधारिणी चान्या विष्णुनापि विनिर्मिता । ब्रह्मणा कार्तिकेयेन इन्द्रेण च यमेन च । वराहेण च देवेन विष्णुना परमेष्ठिना ॥ २७.२९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 27.28

svarūpadhāriṇī cānyā viṣṇunāpi vinirmītā | brahmaṇā kārtikeyena indreṇa ca yamena ca | varāheṇa ca devena viṣṇunā parameṣṭhinā || 27.29 ||

इसके अलावा और भी देवियाँ बनी। विष्णु ने बनाई, ब्रह्मा ने बनाई। कार्तिकेय, इंद्र, यम सबने बनाई। वराह भगवान ने भी बनाई।

sva-rūpa-dhāriṇībearing her own form
sva-rūpa-dhāriṇī:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsva (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhāriṇī (कृदन्त; √dhṛ)
FormStrīliṅga, Nominative (1st), Singular; samāsa: tatpuruṣa ‘bearing one’s own form’; viśeṣaṇa of anyā (devī implied)
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
anyāanother (one)
anyā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘another (goddess)’
viṣṇunāby Viṣṇu
viṣṇunā:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; agent/instrument in passive
apialso
api:
Sambandha/Emphasis particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात) ‘also/even’
vinirmītācreated/formed
vinirmītā:
Kriyā (participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-nir-mā (धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Strīliṅga, Nominative (1st), Singular; agrees with anyā; passive sense ‘was created’
brahmaṇāby Brahmā
brahmaṇā:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; agent in passive
kārtikeyenaby Kārtikeya
kārtikeyena:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootkārtikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
indreṇaby Indra
indreṇa:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootindra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
yamenaby Yama
yamena:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootyama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
varāheṇaby Varāha
varāheṇa:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootvarāha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चय)
devenaby the god
devena:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; apposition to varāheṇa
viṣṇunāby Viṣṇu
viṣṇunā:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular
parameṣṭhināby Parameṣṭhin (the Supreme/Highest)
parameṣṭhinā:
Kartṛ (कर्ता; in passive—agent)
TypeNoun
Rootparameṣṭhin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; epithet (either of Viṣṇu here by apposition, or separate agent)

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in the fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It reflects a Purāṇic compositional tendency to present divine agency through multiple authoritative figures, indicating layered redactional traditions and a shared mythic vocabulary across sectarian contexts.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological/theological rather than topographical.

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse emphasizes cosmological causality and the attribution of manifested forms to major divine agents.

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