Varaha Purana 2.1: Adhyaya 2, Shloka 1

Cosmogony and the Ninefold Creation: Rudra’s Origin and the Prelude to the Sāvitrī-Veda Narrative

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । ततस्तुष्टो हरिर्भक्त्या धरण्यात्मशरीरगाम् । मायां प्रकाश्य तेनैव स्थितो वाराहमूर्त्तिना ॥ २.१ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 2.1

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tatastuṣṭo harir bhaktyā dharaṇyātmaśarīragām | māyāṁ prakāśya tenaiva sthito vārāhamūrttinā || 2.1 ||

Translation

ಸೂತನು ಹೇಳಿದರು— ನಂತರ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ತೃಪ್ತನಾದ ಹರಿ, ತನ್ನದೇ ಆತ್ಮಶರೀರರೂಪವಾದ ಧರಣಿಯ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತನ್ನ ಮಾಯೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸಿ, ಅದೇ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ವರಾಹಮೂರ್ತಿಯಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಿತನಾಗಿದ್ದನು.

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Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/काल-क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) from तुष् (to be pleased); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरि-विशेषण

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: by devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• धरणी-आत्म-शरीर-गाम्: (māyā) that enters/assumes the earth as its own body
• धरणी-आत्म-शरीर-गाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक) + गा (धातु)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष-प्रधान (धरण्याः आत्मशरीरम्; तत् गच्छति इति); अन्ते ‘गाम्’ = गा-धातोः शतृ/णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक ‘ग’/‘गामिन्’ अर्थे; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; मायाम्-विशेषण

• मायाम्: māyā/illusionary power
• मायाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रकाश्य: having manifested
• प्रकाश्य: Kriya (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + काश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; धातु: काश् (to shine/manifest) उपसर्ग: प्र

• तेन: by that/with that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• स्थितः: stood/remained
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) from स्था; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरि-विशेषण

• वाराह-मूर्त्तिना: in the form of Varāha
• वाराह-मूर्त्तिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वाराहः मूर्तिः यस्य/वाराह-रूपा मूर्तिः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmological Mythography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a narrative transition in Purāṇic storytelling: the narrator (Sūta) signals a divine manifestation (Varāha) motivated by bhakti, a common literary mechanism used to frame cosmological and ethical themes for later chapters.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; it is a cosmological/thematic setup for the Earth (dharaṇī) as a central figure in the Pr̥thivī-uddhāra narrative.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds devotion (bhakti) as a motivating force for protective action toward the Earth, presenting a philosophical linkage between moral intention and stewardship-oriented restoration themes.