Varaha Purana 44.3: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 3

The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits

Devanagari script

क्षत्रान्तकाय च भुजौ मणिकण्ठाय कण्ठकम् । स्वनाम्ना शङ्खचक्रौ तु शिरो ब्रह्माण्डधारिणे ॥ ४४.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 44.3

Transliteration

kṣatrāntakāya ca bhujau maṇikaṇṭhāya kaṇṭhakam | svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrau tu śiro brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe || 44.3 ||

Translation

さらに、両腕は「クシャトラーンタカ（Kṣatrāntaka）」に、首の飾りは「マニカンṭハ（Maṇikaṇṭha）」に帰し、法螺貝と円盤はそれぞれの名のままに称え、頭は「梵卵（brahmāṇḍa）—宇宙卵—を担う御方」に帰すべきである。

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Word by Word

• kṣatrāntakāya: to the destroyer of the kṣatriyas
• kṣatrāntakāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatra + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (kṣatra-antaka ‘destroyer of kṣatriyas’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhujau: the two arms
• bhujau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), द्विवचन

• maṇikaṇṭhāya: to the jewel-necked one
• maṇikaṇṭhāya: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (maṇi-kaṇṭha ‘jewel-throated / having a jeweled neck’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

• kaṇṭhakam: the neck/throat region
• kaṇṭhakam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇṭhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• sva-nāmnā: by (uttering) his own name
• sva-nāmnā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-nāman ‘one’s own name’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (nāmnā)

• śaṅkha-cakrau: the conch and the discus
• śaṅkha-cakrau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (śaṅkha-cakra ‘conch and discus’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), द्विवचन

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle; emphasis)

• śiraḥ: the head
• śiraḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (śiraḥ = acc. sg.)

• brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe: to the bearer of the universe
• brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + dhārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (brahmāṇḍa-dhārin ‘bearer of the cosmic egg/universe’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style catalogue of epithets and emblematic body-part/attribute associations, useful for studying the development of Vaiṣṇava iconography and naming conventions in Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily iconographic and cosmological (e.g., brahmāṇḍa as the 'cosmic egg').

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions descriptively, organizing divine epithets and symbolic attributes rather than prescribing conduct.