Varaha Purana 35.4: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 4
The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance
Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Episodes (Dakṣa-related episode)
दक्षोऽप्यसकृदागत्य तमुवाच स नाकरॊत् । समतां सोऽपि तं दक्षः शशापान्तरहितो भव ॥ ३५.४ ॥
dakṣo 'py asakṛd āgatya tam uvāca sa nākarot | samatāṃ so 'pi taṃ dakṣaḥ śaśāpāntarhito bhava || 35.4 ||
dakSho.apyasakRRidAgatya tamuvAcha sa nAkarot | samatAM so.api taM dakShaH shashApAntarhito bhava || 35.4 ||
दक्ष बार-बार आया और सोम को समझाया, पर वो नहीं माना। तो दक्ष ने गुस्सा होके श्राप दिया कि अब तुम गायब हो जाओ।
Sandhi Notes
- दक्षोऽपि = दक्षः + अपि
- असकृदागत्य = असकृत् + आगत्य
- तमुवाच = तम् + उवाच
- सोऽपि = सः + अपि
- शशापान्तरहितो = शशाप + अन्तरहितः
Varāha
Vāk (uttered word) as karmically efficacious; refusal to heed repeated counsel precipitates binding consequences.
Treat admonition and reconciliation attempts seriously; avoid obstinate non-compliance that provokes irreversible relational and karmic rupture.
Varāha Purāṇa 35.35.5-8 (Soma’s decline and ecological fallout)
FAQs
It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: social or ritual tension expressed through speech-acts (especially curses), reflecting how authority, compliance, and consequence are framed in classical Sanskrit storytelling.
No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content focuses on an interpersonal episode involving Dakṣa and an unnamed ‘him’ (tam).
The verse highlights consequences arising from non-compliance and conflict escalation, presenting the curse as a narrative mechanism that links interpersonal conduct to tangible outcomes (here, becoming ‘hidden’).
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