Varaha Purana 48.2: Adhyaya 48, Shloka 2

The Kalki Dvādaśī Observance and the Episode of King Viśāla

Pūrva Bhāga · Stotra / Aṅga-nyāsa style praise (Vaishnava devotional formulae)

Devanagari script

नमोऽस्तु कल्किने पादौ हृषीकेशाय वै कटिम् । म्लेच्छविध्वंसनायेति जगन्मूर्त्ते तथोदरम् ॥ ४८.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 48.2

Transliteration

namo 'stu kalkine pādau hṛṣīkeśāya vai kaṭim | mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti jaganmūrtte tathodaram || 48.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Modern Hindi

कल्कि भगवान के चरणों को नमस्कार है। हृषिकेश की कमर को प्रणाम है। वो म्लेच्छों को खत्म करते हैं, इसलिए उनका नाम लेते हैं। यह पूरा जग उनकी शकल में है, उनके पेट को भी नमस्कार है।

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Word by Word

• namaḥ: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), interjection/particle (नमस्कारार्थक निपात)
• Role: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)

• astu: may it be; let there be
• Type: Verb
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (लोट्, imperative/benedictive sense), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana (singular)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: as (अस् धातु)

• kalkine: to Kalkin
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Caturthī-vibhakti (4th/dative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: kalkin (प्रातिपदिक)

• pādau: (his) two feet
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masculine), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (2nd/accusative), Dvi-vacana (dual)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)

• hṛṣīkeśāya: to Hṛṣīkeśa (Viṣṇu)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī (dative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)

• vai: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, particle/emphasis (निपात)
• Role: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Root: vai (अव्यय)

• kaṭim: waist
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Dvitīyā (accusative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kaṭi (प्रातिपदिक)

• mleccha-vidhvaṃsanāya: to the destroyer of the mlecchas
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga (vidhvaṃsana), Caturthī (dative), Eka-vacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (म्लेच्छानां विध्वंसनम्)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: mleccha (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhvaṃsana (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus; saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, quotative particle (इति-निपात)
• Role: Vākyārtha-marker (वाक्यार्थसूचक)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• jagat-mūrtte: in/at the form of the universe
• Type: Noun
• Form: Strīliṅga (mūrti), Saptamī-vibhakti (7th/locative), Eka-vacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (जगतः मूर्तिः)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)

• tathā: likewise; also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya, adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Role: Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)

• udaram: belly; abdomen
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), Dvitīyā (accusative), Eka-vacana
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• namo 'stu = namaḥ + astu (visarga sandhi)
• mlecchavidhvaṃsanāyeti = mleccha-vidhvaṃsanāya + iti
• tathodaram = tathā + udaram

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of names-and-forms

Subjects

Devotional LiteratureTheology (Vaishnava epithets)Ritual Language (body-part homage/nyāsa-like phrasing)

Core idea

One Lord bears many epithets across time and function; devotion can be practiced as aṅga-vandana, sanctifying perception of the divine body as the cosmos.

In practice

Use the verse as part of pūjā/nyāsa: touch feet/waist/belly (or visualize) while reciting, cultivating sense-control (Hṛṣīkeśa) and trust in dharma-restoration (Kalki).

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Stotra

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic register of Vaiṣṇava praise using multiple epithets (Kalkin, Hṛṣīkeśa, jaganmūrti) and a body-part homage structure reminiscent of stotra and nyāsa-style devotional diction.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily theological and hymnic.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse functions as an invocation of reverence and protective order (dispelling disruptive forces), framed as homage rather than a direct prescriptive ethical rule.