Varaha Purana 49.8: Adhyaya 49, Shloka 8

The Padmanābha Dvādaśī Observance, with the Eulogy of Lamp-Offering Merit

Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra and cosmological radiance motifs

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तेजः समभवद् द्वादशादित्यसंनिभम् । शतानि पञ्च तस्यासन् सपत्नीनां यतव्रत ॥ ४९.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 49.8

Transliteration

tasyās tejaḥ samabhavad dvādaśāditya-sannibham | śatāni pañca tasyāsan sapatnīnāṃ yatavrata || 49.8 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

कांतिमति में इतनी चमक आ गई जैसे सूरज हो। राजा की पाँच सौ और बीवियाँ थी। वो सब व्रत रखती थी।

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Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
• Role: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)

• tejaḥ: splendor, radiance
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Singular
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)

• samabhavat: arose; came to be
• Type: Verb
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada; with prefix सम्+; from √भू
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: bhū (धातु)

• dvādaśa-āditya-sannibham: like twelve suns
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः—‘द्वादशानाम् आदित्यानाम् इव सन्निभम्’
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: dvādaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + āditya (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)

• śatāni: hundreds
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1st), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)

• pañca: five
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Numeral; indeclinable-like in form; qualifying śatāni
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th), Singular
• Role: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)

• āsan: were
• Type: Verb
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Plural; Parasmaipada; from √अस्
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: as (धातु)

• sapatnīnām: of co-wives
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th), Plural
• Role: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Root: sapatnī (प्रातिपदिक)

• yata-vrata: O restrained-vowed one
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular; कर्मधारयः—‘यतं व्रतं यस्य’ (as epithet)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: yata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• dvādaśāditya-sannibham = dvādaśa + āditya + sannibham (compound)
• tasyās tejaḥ = tasyāḥ + tejaḥ (visarga sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shringara rasaSetting: Palace/court

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Cosmo-ethical analogy

Subjects

CosmologyMythic genealogyCourtly/household imagery

Core idea

Tejas (inner radiance) signifies alignment with cosmic order and commands social gravity.

In practice

Cultivate sattvic conduct and vow-steadiness (vrata-niyama) so that authority arises from character rather than coercion.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic literary strategy: expressing extraordinary status through cosmological comparison (here, radiance likened to the twelve Ādityas), while also preserving social and genealogical motifs (household plurality) typical of epic–Purāṇic narrative worlds.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily cosmological (Āditya comparison) and narrative (presence of co-wives).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The explicit ethical emphasis is on disciplined observance (yata-vrata), presented as a valued quality attributed to the figures described, without framing it as a compulsory doctrinal command.