Varaha Purana 21.20: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 20

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

Devanagari script

सर्वज्ञाणमयो देवः सर्वदेवमयोऽमलः । प्रत्यक्षदर्शी सर्वस्य जगतस्तपसा बभौ ॥ २१.२१ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 21.20

Transliteration

sarvajñānamayo devaḥ sarvadevamayo 'malaḥ | pratyakṣadarśī sarvasya jagatas tapasā babhau || 21.21 ||

Translation

ಆ ದೇವನು ಸರ್ವಜ್ಞಾನಮಯ, ಸರ್ವದೇವಮಯ, ನಿರ್ಮಲನು. ತಪಶ್ಶಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಅವನು ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತನ್ನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯಕ್ಷವಾಗಿ ನೋಡುವವನಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿದನು.

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Word by Word

• सर्वज्ञाणमयः: consisting of all knowledge
• सर्वज्ञाणमयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-ज्ञान-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ज्ञान + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of देवः)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सर्वदेवमयः: consisting of all gods
• सर्वदेवमयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-देव-मय (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + देव + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of देवः)

• अमलः: stainless, pure
• अमलः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of देवः)

• प्रत्यक्षदर्शी: directly seeing (all), eyewitness
• प्रत्यक्षदर्शी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष-दर्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of देवः)

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• बभौ: shone / became manifest
• बभौ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic idiom in which divine authority is articulated through omniscience, purity, and tapas (ascetic discipline), illustrating how Sanskrit narrative theology integrates epistemology (knowledge) with cosmological governance.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily theological and cosmological in focus.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds tapas (disciplined practice) and purity as sources of clarity and effective agency, presenting an ideal of knowledge joined with moral integrity rather than coercive power.