Shloka 79

Slaying of Andhaka; Hymn to the Sun; Glory of Brahmins; Gayatri Nyasa and Pranayama

Devanagari script

सौरीं सौम्यां शिवदूतीं चामुंडामथ वारुणीं । वाराहीं नारसिंहीं च वैष्णवीं च विभावरीं

Transliteration

saurīṃ saumyāṃ śivadūtīṃ cāmuṃḍāmatha vāruṇīṃ | vārāhīṃ nārasiṃhīṃ ca vaiṣṇavīṃ ca vibhāvarīṃ

Translation

അവർ സൗരീ, സൗമ്യാ, ശിവദൂതീ, ചാമുണ്ഡാ ദേവിമാരെ ആഹ്വാനിച്ചു; തുടർന്ന് വാരുണീ, വാരാഹീ, നാരസിംഹീ, കൂടാതെ വൈഷ്ണവീയും വിഭാവരിയെയും സ്മരിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• सौरीम्: Saurī
• सौरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• सौम्याम्: Saumyā
• सौम्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौम्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम/विशेषण-रूपेण

• शिवदूतीम्: Śiva’s messenger (Śivadūtī)
• शिवदूतीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + दूती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य दूती)

• चामुण्डाम्: Cāmuṇḍā
• चामुण्डाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामुण्डा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय

• वारुणीम्: Vāruṇī
• वारुणीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारुणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• वाराहीम्: Vārāhī
• वाराहीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• नारसिंहीम्: Nārasiṃhī
• नारसिंहीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारसिंही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• वैष्णवीम्: Vaiṣṇavī
• वैष्णवीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• विभावरीम्: Vibhāvarī
• विभावरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभावरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; नाम

Speaker

Unspecified in the provided excerpt (context needed to attribute to Pulastya–Bhīṣma or Śiva–Pārvatī dialogue).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चामुंडामथ → चामुण्डाम् अथ

Characters & Entities

• Śivadūtī
• Cāmuṇḍā
• Vāruṇī
• Vārāhī
• Nārasiṃhī
• Vaiṣṇavī

FAQs

Who are the goddesses named in this verse?

They are śakti-forms (goddess manifestations) such as Śivadūtī and Cāmuṇḍā, along with deity-powers tied to major gods: Vāruṇī (Varuṇa), Vārāhī (Varāha), Nārasiṃhī (Narasiṃha), and Vaiṣṇavī (Viṣṇu), plus epithets like Saurī, Saumyā, and Vibhāvarī.

Does this verse teach Bhakti or a ritual invocation?

The verse functions primarily as an invocation/listing of divine powers (śaktis). In Purāṇic theology this supports devotion (bhakti) by naming and remembering the deity’s forms, but the immediate style is enumerative rather than a moral discourse.

What is the ethical or spiritual lesson implied by listing these śaktis?

A common Purāṇic implication is that divine protection and cosmic order are upheld through many complementary manifestations of the one Goddess/Power; remembrance (nāma-smaraṇa) and reverence toward these forms are presented as spiritually beneficial.