Varaha Purana 113.18: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 18

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

न वाति पवनस्तत्र नैव चाग्निर्न विद्युतः ॥ न किञ्चित्तत्र विद्येत न तारा न च राशयः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.18

Transliteration

na vāti pavanas tatra naiva cāgnir na vidyutaḥ || na kiñcit tatra vidyeta na tārā na ca rāśayaḥ

Translation

അവിടെ കാറ്റ് വീശിയില്ല; അഗ്നിയുമില്ല, മിന്നലുമില്ല. അവിടെ ഒന്നുമില്ല—നക്ഷത്രങ്ങളുമില്ല, രാശികളുമില്ല (നക്ഷത്രസമൂഹങ്ങളും ഇല്ല).

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Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• vāti: blows
• vāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vā (वा धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada

• pavanaḥ: wind
• pavanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Locative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• eva: indeed/even
• eva: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारण)

• ca: and
• ca: Vākyasaṅgati (वाक्यसङ्गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• vidyutaḥ: lightning
• vidyutaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyut (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• kiñcit: anything (at all)
• kiñcit: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; with negation = ‘anything’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Locative adverb

• vidyeta: would be/should exist
• vidyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (विद् धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada; ‘would exist/be found’

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• tārāḥ: stars
• tārāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• na: not
• na: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• ca: and
• ca: Vākyasaṅgati (वाक्यसङ्गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction

• rāśayaḥ: constellations/zodiacal signs (groups)
• rāśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāśi (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Unspecified (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Sanskrit Lexicography
• Astral terminology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It catalogues the absence of elemental and astral markers, reflecting a Purāṇic way of narrating cosmic suspension or dissolution-like conditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical instruction is given; the verse is descriptive and cosmological.