Varaha Purana 90.2: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 2

Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञे त्वं वरारोहे सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनी । सिद्धिबुद्धिकरी देवि प्रसूतिः परमेश्वरि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 90.2

Transliteration

sarvajñe tvaṃ varārohe sarvasiddhipradāyinī | siddhibuddhikarī devi prasūtiḥ parameśvari ||

Translation

「汝は一切を知る者、麗しき腰の者よ。あらゆるシッディを授ける者である。女神よ、汝は成就と智慧をもたらし、至上の主宰よ、汝は生成の根源である。」

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Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञे: O omniscient one
• सर्वज्ञे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Karta)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वरारोहे: O fair-hipped one
• वरारोहे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदायिनी: giver of all attainments
• सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदायिनी: विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; √दा-णिनि)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वासां सिद्धीनां प्रदायिनी)

• सिद्धि-बुद्धि-करी: producer of success and intellect
• सिद्धि-बुद्धि-करी: विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + करिन्/करी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धिं बुद्धिं च करोति)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• प्रसूतिः: origin/source; progenitress
• प्रसूतिः: विशेष्य/कर्ता (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसूतिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• परमेश्वरि: O Supreme Lady (Supreme Lord in feminine address)
• परमेश्वरि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (परमः ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Varāha (default; explicit speaker marker not repeated in this segment but follows immediately after 'Śrīvarāha uvāca')

Tags

• Purāṇic Hymnic Language
• Śakti Concepts
• Sanskrit Epithets

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a devotional-epithetic register used to conceptualize feminine divinity as knowledge, power, and generativity—key for studying Purāṇic doctrinal synthesis.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is identified; the verse is theological and descriptive.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it values knowledge (buddhi) and disciplined attainment (siddhi) as culturally endorsed goals, though it does not issue a direct command.