Varaha Purana 28.30: Adhyaya 28, Shloka 30
The Manifestation of Māyā as Durgā/Kātyāyanī and the Slaying of Vaitrāsura
Pūrva Bhāga · Devī-stuti / Mantra-prayoga (Invocatory Hymn)
नमः पङ्कजपत्राक्षि महामायेऽमृतस्त्रवे । सर्वगे सर्वभूतेषि स्वाहाकारे स्वधेऽम्बिके ॥ २८.३० ॥
namaḥ paṅkajapatrākṣi mahāmāye 'mṛtasrave | sarvage sarvabhūteṣi svāhākāre svadhe 'mbike || 28.30 ||
namaH pa~NkajapatrAkShi mahAmAye.amRRitastrave | sarvage sarvabhUteshi svAhAkAre svadhe.ambike || 28.30 ||
तुम्हारी आँखें कमल के पत्ते जैसी हैं, तुम्हे प्रणाम। तुम बड़ी माया हो, अमृत की धारा हो। तुम कहीं भी हो, सब जगह हो। तुम सब जीवों में हो। तुम स्वाहा हो, तुम स्वधा हो, अंबिका।
Sandhi Notes
- महामायेऽमृतस्त्रवे = महामाये + अमृतस्रवे (e + a → ')
- स्वधेऽम्बिके = स्वधे + अम्बिके (e + a → ')
Varāha
Mantric utterances (svāhā/svadhā) are not mere words but divine forms; the Devī pervades beings as the power enabling offering, remembrance, and immortality-seeking.
Perform homa/śrāddha with attentiveness to mantra; cultivate awareness that sacred speech and inner intention (bhāva) are inseparable.
Identifying Devī with ‘svāhā’ and ‘svadhā’ fuses offering and ancestral rite into one śakti; she is the immanent power that carries oblations to devas and sustains pitṛ-yajña—ritual speech as cosmic conduit.
Svāhā = offering-call in deva-yajña; Svadhā = formula in pitṛ offerings; Devī as ‘sarvaga’ and ‘sarvabhūteṣu’ frames ritual utterance as pervading life-breath and consciousness.
Immanence (antarvyāpti) of the divine in all beings; ritual sound as a functional manifestation of Brahman/Śakti that purifies and integrates karma with knowledge.
Varāha Purāṇa 28.28.29 (three fires); Varāha Purāṇa 28.28.32 (Oṃ/akṣara identification)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic style of invocatory praise that integrates ritual formulas (svāhā/svadhā) with theological language of divine immanence, reflecting the manuscript culture where liturgy and narrative frequently overlap.
No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it functions as a devotional-ritual invocation rather than a tīrtha (sacred geography) reference.
The verse emphasizes a philosophical principle of reverence toward the all-pervading presence within all beings, expressed through disciplined speech and ritualized remembrance (invocation).
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