Varaha Purana 96.76: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 76

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

Pūrva Bhāga · Rudra-tattva and Śakti classifications (names and forms)

Devanagari script

सर्वसः भगवान् रुखः सर्वगश्च पतिर्भवेत् ॥ यावन्त्यस्या महाशक्त्यास्तावद्रूपाणि शङ्करः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.76

Transliteration

sarvasaḥ bhagavān rukhaḥ sarvagaś ca patir bhavet || yāvanty asyā mahāśaktyās tāvad rūpāṇi śaṅkaraḥ ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

भगवान रुख भी कहलाते हैं। वो हर जगह हैं और सबके ऊपर हैं। इसकी जितनी बड़ी शक्तियाँ हैं, शंकर के उतने ही रूप हैं।

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Word by Word

• sarvasaḥ: in every way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; सर्वतः/सर्वप्रकारेण (in every way)
• Role: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Root: sarvasaḥ (अव्यय)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)

• rukhaḥ: Rukha (name/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-शब्दः)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Root: rukha (प्रातिपदिक)

• sarvagaḥ: all-pervading
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वत्र गच्छति/स्थितः (all-pervading)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Root: sarva + ga (प्रातिपदिके; समास)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• patiḥ: lord, master
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhavet: would be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Root: bhū (धातु)

• yāvanti: as many as
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (as many as)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक)

• asyāḥ: of her / of this (goddess)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• mahāśaktyāḥ: of (her) great power
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महती च सा शक्तिः (great power)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: mahā + śakti (प्रातिपदिके; समास)

• tāvat: that many
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (correlative adverb): ‘so many/that many’
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)

• rūpāṇi: forms
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• sarvagaś ca = sarvagaḥ + ca
• patir bhavet = patiḥ + bhavet
• yāvanty asyā = yāvanti + asyāḥ (phonetic coalescence in recitation)
• mahāśaktyās = mahāśaktyāḥ + (sandhi before tāvat)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology / ontological classification

Subjects

CosmologyTheology (forms of Rudra/Śiva)Philosophical classification

Core idea

The one Lord is all-pervading and sovereign; Śaṅkara’s many forms correspond to the manifold śaktis/powers operative in the cosmos.

In practice

Contemplate unity-in-diversity: revere multiple Śaiva manifestations without losing sight of the single all-pervading lordship behind them.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Śaivism (descriptive reference)
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic model where divine forms are expressed as plural manifestations correlated with enumerated śaktis—important for comparative study of sectarian synthesis in Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is not framed as an ethical command; it presents a metaphysical principle: multiplicity of forms corresponds to multiplicity of powers.