Varaha Purana 113.29: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 29

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

सपर्वतवनैः सार्द्धं मां तारय पितामह ॥ पृथिव्या वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.29

Transliteration

saparvatavanaiḥ sārddhaṃ māṃ tā­raya pitāmaha || pṛthivyā vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ

Translation

«សូមសង្គ្រោះខ្ញុំ ព្រមទាំងភ្នំ និងព្រៃរបស់ខ្ញុំផង ឱ ពិតាមហៈ»។ ពេលបានឮពាក្យរបស់ ព្រឹថិវី ព្រះព្រហ្មា—ពិតាមហៈនៃលោកទាំងឡាយ—(ក៏ឆ្លើយតប)។

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Word by Word

• sa: with
• sa: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (अव्यय)
• Form: Prepositional particle (सह/समं-अर्थे उपसर्गसदृश निपात) used with instrumental: ‘with’

• parvata-vanaiḥ: with mountains and forests
• parvata-vanaiḥ: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व ‘mountains and forests’

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (सहकारक/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb/particle meaning ‘together with’ (सह-अर्थक अव्यय)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; pronoun

• tāraya: save / deliver
• tāraya: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṝ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; causative sense ‘cause to cross/save’

• pitāmaha: O Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmaha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• pṛthivyāḥ: of the Earth
• pṛthivyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• vacanam: words / speech
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; object of ‘śrutvā’

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from √śru; ‘having heard’

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• loka-pitāmahaḥ: grandfather of the worlds
• loka-pitāmahaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘grandfather of the worlds’

Speaker

Pṛthivī (first half); Narratorial transition implied in second half

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Ecology
• Cosmogony

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It explicitly includes mountains and forests in Earth’s plea, offering a textual witness to an integrated view of environment within Purāṇic cosmology.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific mountain range or forest is named; the reference is collective (parvata-vana) rather than regional.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The welfare of Earth is presented as inseparable from the welfare of its ecosystems—mountains and forests—supporting a stewardship-oriented reading.