Varaha Purana 90.5: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 5
Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi
Pūrva Bhāga · Devī as Vidyā and Bestower of Accomplishments
विद्या विद्येश्वरी सिद्धा प्रसिद्धा त्वं सुरेश्वरी । सर्वज्ञा त्वं वरारोहे सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी ॥
vidyā vidyeśvarī siddhā prasiddhā tvaṁ sureśvarī | sarvajñā tvaṁ varārohe sarva-siddhi-pradāyinī ||
vidyA vidyeshvarI siddhA prasiddhA tvaM sureshvari | sarvaj~nA tvaM varArohe sarvasiddhipradAyinI
तुम ही ज्ञान हो और ज्ञान की रानी हो। तुम सिद्ध हो, सब जानती हो। देवी, तुम देवताओं की रानी हो। तुम सब कुछ जानती हो और हर काम में सफलता देती हो।
Sandhi Notes
- विद्येश्वरी = विद्य-ईश्वरी
- सुरेश्वरी = सुर-ईश्वरी
- सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी = सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदायिनी
Varāha
Exalted, revered as omniscient and beneficent
True attainment (siddhi) is rooted in right knowledge and divine grace; knowledge is sovereign and salvific.
Pursue learning with humility and devotion; treat knowledge as sacred and oriented toward welfare rather than egoic display.
Varāha venerates Bhū/Devī as Vidyā itself and as the bestower of siddhis, elevating Earth into a goddess of knowledge and grace.
Bhū is identified with Vidyā and Vidyeśvarī: the ground of manifestation is simultaneously the ground of intelligibility; knowledge is not separate from the cosmos it illumines.
Implicit: ‘all-siddhi-pradāyinī’ aligns with yajña as a means to attain siddhi.
Śakti-as-knowledge theme: omniscience and siddhi flow from the divine ground; suggests non-duality of knower/known at the highest level (sarvajñā as īśvarī-śakti).
Varāha Purāṇa 90.90 (Devī-stuti: Vidyā and siddhi epithets)
FAQs
It exemplifies Purāṇic theological language where epistemic authority (vidyā) is personified and linked to legitimacy of learning and practice.
No geographic reference appears in this verse.
It elevates knowledge and disciplined attainment as valued aims, encouraging learning as a culturally central virtue.
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