Varaha Purana 148.75: Adhyaya 148, Shloka 75

The Greatness of Stutasvāmi: Varāha’s Disclosure of the Bhūtagiri Sacred Landscape and Its Ethical Discipline

Devanagari script

पुत्रोऽहं वसुदेवस्य देवक्या गर्भसम्भवः॥ वासुदेव इति ख्यातः सर्वदानवसूदनः॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 148.75

Transliteration

putro ’haṃ vasudevasya devakyā garbhasambhavaḥ || vāsudeva iti khyātaḥ sarvadānavasūdanaḥ ||

Translation

ഞാൻ വസുദേവന്റെ പുത്രൻ, ദേവകിയുടെ ഗർഭത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ചവൻ. ‘വാസുദേവൻ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധൻ; സർവ്വ ദാനവസേനകളെയും സംഹരിക്കുന്നവൻ.

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Word by Word

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसुदेवस्य: of Vasudeva
• वसुदेवस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देवक्याः: of Devakī
• देवक्याः: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवकी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गर्भसम्भवः: born from the womb
• गर्भसम्भवः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्भ-सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक; गर्भ + सम्भव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गर्भात् सम्भवः)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इति: thus / as
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: known (as)
• ख्यातः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (known/called)

• सर्वदानवसूदनः: slayer of all demons
• सर्वदानवसूदनः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-दानव-सूदन (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + दानव + सूदन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानवानां सूदनः) + 'सर्व' उपपद-विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic self-identification formula linking Vāsudeva to Vasudeva and Devakī, reflecting intertextual continuity with broader Kṛṣṇa traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit location is named in this verse; it functions as an identity declaration within a larger sacred-geography discourse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily asserts protective agency against harmful forces (dānava), framing the speaker as a guardian figure rather than issuing a direct behavioral injunction.