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Varaha Purana 12.5: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 5

Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation

भवान् शशी सूर्यहुताशनोऽसि त्वयि प्रलीनं जगदेतदुच्यते । भवत्प्रतिष्ठं रमते जगत् यतः स्तुतोऽसि रामेति जगत् प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 12.5

bhavān śaśī sūrya-hutāśano ’si tvayi pralīnaṁ jagad etad ucyate | bhavat-pratiṣṭhaṁ ramate jagad yataḥ stuto ’si rāmeti jagat pratiṣṭhitam || 12.5 ||

നിങ്ങൾ തന്നെയാണ് ചന്ദ്രനും സൂര്യനും ഹുതാശനനും (യജ്ഞാഗ്നി). ഈ സമസ്ത ലോകവും നിങ്ങളിൽ ലയിക്കുന്നു എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു. ലോകം നിങ്ങളിൽ ആധാരം നേടി ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നതിനാൽ നിങ്ങളെ ‘രാമ’ എന്നു സ്തുതിക്കുന്നു; ലോകം നിങ്ങളിൽ തന്നെയാണ് പ്രതിഷ്ഠിതം.

bhavānyou
bhavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
śaśīthe moon
śaśī:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootśaśin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate noun
sūrya-hutāśanaḥthe sun and the fire
sūrya-hutāśanaḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; dvandva ‘sun and fire’ as predicates
asiyou are
asi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
tvayiin you
tvayi:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootyuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Saptamī (Loc. 7th), Ekavacana
pralīnammerged; dissolved
pralīnam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootpralīna (कृदन्त; pra-√lī)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana; past participle ‘merged/dissolved’; agrees with jagat
jagatthe world
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana
etatthis
etat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; modifies jagat
ucyateis said
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; passive ‘is said’
bhavat-pratiṣṭhamresting on you
bhavat-pratiṣṭham:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘having you as its support/foundation’; qualifies jagat
ramatedelights; thrives
ramate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootram (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
jagatthe world
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
yataḥbecause
yataḥ:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyataḥ (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; causal relative adverb (‘because/for which reason’)
stutaḥpraised
stutaḥ:
Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootstu (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (kta); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; with asi = ‘you are praised’
asiyou are
asi:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
FormLaṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
rāmaRāma
rāma:
Abhidhāna (अभिधान/Name)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; quoted name in iti-construction
itithus; as
iti:
Vākyārtha-bodhaka (वाक्यार्थबोधक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; quotative particle
jagatthe world
jagat:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
pratiṣṭhitamis established; is founded
pratiṣṭhitam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (kta); Napuṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with jagat

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

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇa Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It exemplifies a Purāṇic stuti style that synthesizes cosmology and theology by identifying a supreme principle as the basis of celestial bodies and sacrificial fire, reflecting the broader Purāṇic tendency to systematize metaphysical ideas through praise-poetry.

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological (Moon, Sun, fire) rather than sacred geography.

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle: the universe is portrayed as dependent on an underlying foundation (pratiṣṭhā), encouraging contemplation of cosmic order and the source of stability.

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