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Varaha Purana 2.67: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 67

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī–Veda Narrative

एवं दृष्ट्वा पुमांसोऽत्र त्रयः कन्याशरीरगाः । क्षणेन तत्र कन्यैका न तान् पश्यामि सुव्रते ॥ २.६६ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.67

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā pumāṃso ’tra trayaḥ kanyāśarīragāḥ | kṣaṇena tatra kanyaikā na tān paśyāmi suvrate || 2.66 ||

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evamthus
evam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Absolutive)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭvā (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल
pumāṃsaḥmen/persons
pumāṃsaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootpumān/puman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन (nominative plural)
atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: here)
trayaḥthree
trayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottraya (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन (nominative plural); संख्याविशेषण
kanyā-śarīra-gāḥhaving entered the maiden’s body
kanyā-śarīra-gāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject-complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + śarīra (प्रातिपदिक) + ga (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (kanyāśarīre gāḥ = gone/entered into a maiden’s body)
kṣaṇenain a moment
kṣaṇena:
Karaṇa (करण/Means-time)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (instrumental singular)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय (there)
kanyā-ekāone maiden
kanyā-ekā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक) + ekā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (one maiden)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)
tānthem
tān:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन (accusative plural) सर्वनाम
paśyāmiI see
paśyāmi:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
suvrateO good-vowed lady
suvrate:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootsuvratā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन (vocative singular)

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
V
Vaishnavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique—marvels such as transformation and sudden disappearance—used to advance plot and to frame philosophical or ethical instruction within memorable storytelling.

No specific geographic place-name is provided in this verse; it uses deictic terms like “atra” (here) and “tatra” (there) without naming a site.

The verse primarily reports an observation rather than issuing a direct ethical injunction; implicitly, it emphasizes the limits of perception and the instability of appearances within the narrative context.

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