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Varaha Purana 95.15: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 15

The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power

एवमुक्ता तदा देवैर्देवी भीमपराक्रमा । जहास परया प्रीत्या देवानां पुरतः शुभा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 95.15

evam uktā tadā devair devī bhīmaparākramā | jahāsa parayā prītyā devānāṃ purataḥ śubhā ||

देवियो की बात सुनकर देवी हँस पड़ी। वो बहुत खुश थी। देवियो के सामने वो हँसी।

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb ‘thus’)
उक्ता(she) having been spoken to
उक्ता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) [क्त-प्रत्यय]
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having been addressed/said to’
तदाthen
तदा:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb ‘then’)
देवैःby the gods
देवैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; instrumental plural
देवीthe Goddess
देवी:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular
भीमपराक्रमाof terrible valor
भीमपराक्रमा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीम + पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘देवी’
जहासlaughed
जहास:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहस् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular, parasmaipada
परयाwith great
परया:
Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular; modifies ‘प्रीत्या’
प्रीत्याwith joy/affection
प्रीत्या:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrumental singular
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; genitive plural
पुरतःin front (of)
पुरतः:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb/postposition ‘in front of’)
शुभाauspicious, beautiful
शुभा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘देवी’

Narrator (default framework: Varāha → Pṛthivī; not explicit in verse)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
A
Affective Poetics
S
Sanskrit Philology

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The verse shows how Purāṇic narration uses affect (fear vs. delight) to signal an impending reversal of fortune and the reassertion of cosmic order.

No geographic location appears in this verse.

It implicitly communicates steadiness and confidence in the face of threat, contrasting panic with composure.

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