Varaha Purana 113.33: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 33

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Pūrva Bhāga · Pṛthivī-uddhāra (Earth’s appeal and recourse to Viṣṇu)

Devanagari script

अनन्तशयने देवं शयानं योगशायिनम् ।। ततः कमलपत्राक्षी नानाभरणभूषिता

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.33

Transliteration

anantaśayane devaṃ śayānaṃ yogaśāyinam || tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī nānābharaṇabhūṣitā

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ຕໍ່ມານາງໄດ້ເຫັນພຣະເທວະຜູ້ບັນທົມເທິງອະນັນຕະ—ຜູ້ພັກຢູ່ໃນບັນທົມແຫ່ງໂຍຄະ; ຈາກນັ້ນ ເທວີຜູ້ມີດວງຕາດຸດກີບບົວ ປະດັບດ້ວຍເຄື່ອງອາພອນນານາ ກໍເຂົ້າໄປໃກ້

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Word by Word

• अनन्तशयने: on Ananta’s couch
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अनन्तस्य शयनम्)
• Role: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Root: अनन्त + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god (Vishnu)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शयानम्: lying
• Type: Verb
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘lying’
• Role: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Root: शी (धातु)

• योगशायिनम्: reclining in yogic sleep
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (योगेन शायी)
• Role: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Root: योग + शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (from there/then)
• Role: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• कमलपत्राक्षी: she whose eyes are like lotus-petals
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (कमलपत्रे इव अक्षिणी यस्याः)
• Role: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Root: कमल + पत्र + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नानाभरणभूषिता: adorned with various ornaments
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नानैः आभरणैः भूषिता)
• Role: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Root: नाना + आभरण + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from भूष्)

Sandhi Notes

• अनन्तशयने = अनन्त + शयने
• कमलपत्राक्षी = कमल + पत्र + अक्षी
• नानाभरणभूषिता = नाना + आभरण + भूषिता

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shringara rasaSetting: Cosmic realm

Speaker

Narrator (implicit; descriptive passage within the dialogue frame)

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She listens

Her state of mind

Awe-struck, reverent, approaching

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Contemplative theology / iconographic meditation

Subjects

CosmologyIconographyLiterary Description

Core idea

Darśana of the Lord in yogic repose stabilizes the mind; the cosmos rests on the infinite (Ananta) upheld by the supreme.

In practice

Use Ananta-śayana visualization for dhyāna: contemplate steadiness, support, and the Lord’s effortless sovereignty amid worldly burden.

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇava Iconography
• Purāṇic Poetics
• Mythic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents iconographic motifs (Ananta-śayana, yoga-śayana) that shaped later temple art and devotional literature, providing textual anchors for art-historical comparison.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is specified; the setting is a cosmological/imaginal space associated with Ananta (Śeṣa).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it models disciplined approach—transitioning from distress to a composed, reverential encounter with the source of protection.