Varaha Purana 97.40: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 40

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

Devanagari script

कथयस्व महादेव सविधानं समासतः ॥ एवमुक्तस्ततो रुद्रो ब्रह्मणा अव्यक्तमूर्त्तिना

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 97.40

Transliteration

kathayasva mahādeva savidhānaṃ samāsataḥ || evam uktas tato rudro brahmaṇā 'vyaktamūrttinā

Translation

「説き明かしたまえ、マハーデーヴァよ。規定を伴う作法を要約して。」こう告げられると、未顕現の姿をもつブラフマーによってルドラは問われた。

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Word by Word

• कथयस्व: tell / narrate
• कथयस्व: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• महादेव: O Mahādeva
• महादेव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महा + देव (कर्मधारय), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स-विधानम्: together with the procedure
• स-विधानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: स + विधान (अव्ययीभाव; ‘with procedure’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to (implicit) कथाम्/वृत्तान्तम्

• समासतः: briefly
• समासतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb), ‘briefly/in summary’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), प्रकारवाचक (thus/in this manner)

• उक्तः: having been addressed / spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अपादानार्थ/कालार्थ (then/thereafter)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अव्यक्त-मूर्त्तिना: of unmanifest form
• अव्यक्त-मूर्त्तिना: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: अव्यक्ता मूर्तिः यस्य (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण to ब्रह्मणा

Speaker

Brahmā (inferred from 'brahmovācha' appearing shortly after; this line frames Brahmā addressing Rudra)

Tags

• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Śaiva Traditions
• Ritual Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies the Purāṇic pedagogical style: authoritative instruction is requested in a compressed format (samāsataḥ), reflecting mnemonic and oral-transmission contexts.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is mentioned here; the focus is on requesting doctrinal/ritual instruction.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The implied instruction is epistemic discipline: seeking an ordered, rule-based account (vidhāna) rather than an improvised practice.