Varaha Purana 52.2: Adhyaya 52, Shloka 2

The Genealogy of Trivarṇa, Manohvā, and the Akṣa Lineage, with the Construction of the Nine-Gated City

Pūrva Bhāga · Genealogical and didactic narratives (lineage of personified principles)

Devanagari script

तस्यापि चाभवत् कन्या अवबोधस्वरूपिणी । सा तु विज्ञानदं पुत्रं मनोह्वं विससर्ज ॥ ५२.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 52.2

Transliteration

tasyāpi cābhavat kanyā avabodhasvarūpiṇī | sā tu vijñānadaṃ putraṃ manohvaṃ visasarja || 52.2 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ສຳລັບເຂົານັ້ນອີກ ກໍມີທິດາເກີດຂຶ້ນ ຜູ້ມີສະພາບເປັນຄວາມຮູ້ຕື່ນຮູ້. ນາງໄດ້ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດບຸດຊື່ ‘ວິຊຍານະດະ’ ແລະຕັ້ງນາມວ່າ ‘ມະໂນຫວະ’.

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Word by Word

• tasya: of him

• api: also/even

• ca: and

• abhavat: there was/was born

• kanyā: daughter

• avabodha: awakening, clear understanding

• svarūpiṇī: having the nature/form of

• sā: she

• tu: then/indeed

• vijñānadaṃ: (one who is) giver of discernment/knowledge (proper name: Vijñānada)

• putram: son

• manohvam: Manohva (proper name)

• visasarja: produced, brought forth, gave birth to

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Conceptual-cosmological genealogy

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Path

Jñāna Yoga/inner Psychology

Subjects

CosmologyEthicsPhilosophical Personification

Core idea

Awakening (avabodha) is the womb of discriminative knowledge (vijñāna); mind (manas/manohva) is shaped by knowledge-giving tendencies.

In practice

Cultivate avabodha through śravaṇa–manana; let ‘vijñānada’ (clarifying insight) govern ‘manas’ rather than sensory drift.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogy
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic compositional technique: presenting abstract philosophical qualities (e.g., avabodha, vijñāna) as personified figures within genealogical narration, a device used to organize and transmit doctrinal and ethical themes in a memorable form.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is genealogical/personificatory rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct injunction, the verse encodes an ethical-philosophical motif: awakening/clear understanding (avabodha) is presented as generative of discernment/knowledge (vijñāna), framing knowledge as an outcome of cultivated clarity.