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Varaha Purana 2.8: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 8

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

तस्मात्तु तेभ्यः श्रवणादिहेतवस् ततोऽक्षमाला जगतो व्यवस्थिताः । भूतैर्गतैरेव च पिण्डमूर्तिर् मया भद्रे विहिता त्वात्मनैव ॥ २.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 2.8

tasmāttu tebhyaḥ śravaṇādihetavas tato 'kṣamālā jagato vyavasthitāḥ | bhūtair gataireva ca piṇḍamūrtir mayā bhadre vihitā tvātmanāiva || 2.8 ||

それゆえ、それらの原理より聴覚および他の諸機能の因が生じ、そこから世界の総体は秩序として定立される。さらに、諸元素が推移するままに成る複合の有身の形は、吉祥なる者よ、汝自身のアートマンによっても、我が定めたのである。

तस्मात्from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक
तेभ्यःfrom them
तेभ्यः:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Ablative/Dative), बहुवचन
श्रवण-आदि-हेतवःcauses such as hearing
श्रवण-आदि-हेतवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः—श्रवणादयः हेतवः (श्रवण-आदि = hearing etc.)
ततःthereupon/from that
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्-अर्थे/अनन्तरार्थे
अक्षमालाa rosary (garland of beads)
अक्षमाला:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—अक्षाणां माला (rosary of beads)
जगतःof the world
जगतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
व्यवस्थिताःestablished/arranged
व्यवस्थिताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying हेतवः/causes)
भूतैःby the beings/elements
भूतैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन
गतैःgone/that have proceeded
गतैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृत् (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतैः इति विशेषण
एवindeed/only
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
पिण्ड-मूर्तिःthe embodied form (as a mass)
पिण्ड-मूर्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डरूपा मूर्तिः (a form that is a mass/embodied lump)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
भद्रेO auspicious lady
भद्रे:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
विहिताwas arranged/created
विहिता:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + धा (धातु) → विहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृत् (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘स्थापिता/निर्मिता’
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle)
आत्मनाby oneself
आत्मना:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन
एवalone/indeed
एव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)

Varāha (default dialogue framework: instructor addressing Pṛthivī)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sāṃkhya-influenced categories (sense-causes, elements)

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic synthesis of cosmology and embodied cognition, presenting a structured emergence of sense-faculties and elemental embodiment—features often aligned with classical Indian philosophical taxonomies in medieval Sanskrit compendia.

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the content is primarily cosmological and anthropological (senses, elements, embodiment).

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse offers a philosophical instruction: the world-order and embodied form are portrayed as constituted through orderly causation (faculties and elements), encouraging a reflective understanding of interdependence and structured existence.

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