Varaha Purana 96.30: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 30

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

भीमाक्षि भीषणे देवि सर्वभूतभयङ्कर । कराले विकराले च महाकाले करालिनि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.30

Transliteration

bhīmākṣi bhīṣaṇe devi sarvabhūtabhayaṅkara | karāle vikarāle ca mahākāle karālini ||

Translation

देवी, तुम्हारी आँखें बहुत भयानक हैं। तुम इतनी डरावनी हो कि सभी जीव तुमसे डर जाते हैं। तुम कराली हो, विकराली हो, महाकाली हो, बड़ी भयानक रूप वाली।

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Word by Word

• bhīmākṣi: O fierce-eyed (goddess)
• bhīmākṣi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (8th/सम्बोधन), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• bhīṣaṇe: O terrifying one
• bhīṣaṇe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

• devi: O goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

• sarvabhūtabhayaṅkara: O terror to all beings
• sarvabhūtabhayaṅkara: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + bhūta + bhayaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana; (sarvabhūtānāṃ bhayaṅkarā)

• karāle: O dreadful one
• karāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

• vikarāle: O very dreadful one
• vikarāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikarāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात, conjunction)

• mahākāle: O Great Time (Mahākālī)
• mahākāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

• karālini: O fierce one
• karālini: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Sambodhana (8th), Ekavacana

Speaker

Stotra voice (likely Devas or Rudra’s party; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Hymnology
• Śākta Motifs
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

Lists of epithets function as compressed theology and mnemonic catalogues, supporting liturgical reuse and iconographic identification across Purāṇic traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is purely hymnic and descriptive.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It frames fear as something that can be ritually and verbally confronted through naming—language is used as a stabilizing cultural tool.