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Varaha Purana 21.53: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 53

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

तत्रैकं मुकुटोद्बद्धं मूर्द्धन्यं जटजालकम् । एकं प्रध्मापयच्छङ्खमन्यड्डुमरुकं शुभम् ॥ २१.५४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 21.53

tatraikaṁ mukuṭodbaddhaṁ mūrddhanyaṁ jaṭajālakam | ekaṁ pradhmāpayacchaṅkham anyaḍ ḍumarukaṁ śubham || 21.54 ||

នៅទីនោះ រូបមួយមានសក់ជតាជាចង្កោម ចងឡើងលើក្បាល ហើយពាក់មកុដ; រូបមួយកំពុងផ្លុំស័ង្ខ; រូបមួយទៀតកាន់ស្គរ ḍamaru ដ៏មង្គល។

tatrathere
tatra:
Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (तत्र अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; locative adverb (देशवाचक)
ekamone (of them)
ekam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (एक प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; used pronominally “one (form/person)”
mukuṭa-udbaddhamfastened with a crown
mukuṭa-udbaddham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmukuṭa + udbaddha (प्रातिपदिकानि)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष—“bound/fastened with a crown” qualifying ekam
mūrddhanyamon the head
mūrddhanyam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmūrddhanya (मूर्द्धन्य प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ekam/jaṭajālakam
jaṭā-jālakama mass of matted hair
jaṭā-jālakam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṭā + jālaka (प्रातिपदिकानि)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष—“a net/mass of matted locks”
ekamone (of them)
ekam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rooteka (एक प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; “one (of them)”
pradhmāpayatblew
pradhmāpayat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra-dhmā (प्रध्मा धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular; causative sense “blew” (ध्मा with प्र-)
śaṅkhamconch
śaṅkham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśaṅkha (शङ्ख प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
anyatanother (of them)
anyat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (अन्य प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; “another (one)”
ḍumarukamḍamaru drum
ḍumarukam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootḍamaru/ḍumaru (डमरु प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
śubhamauspicious/beautiful
śubham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśubha (शुभ प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ḍumarukam

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
South Asian Art History

FAQs

It preserves a compact iconographic catalogue (mukuṭa/jaṭā, śaṅkha, ḍamaru) useful for correlating Purāṇic narrative description with the history of South Asian religious art and ritual performance, especially the depiction of divine or semi-divine figures with identifying attributes.

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it functions as descriptive narration rather than sacred-geography (tīrtha) identification.

The verse does not present a direct ethical injunction; its primary function is descriptive, foregrounding culturally significant attributes (ornamentation and ritual instruments) that signal identity and auspiciousness within the narrative.

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