Varaha Purana 3.28: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 28

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

सर्वस्य जगतः सृष्टिरेषैव प्रभुधर्मतः । एतन्मे प्राकृतं जन्म यन्मां पृच्छसि पार्थिव ॥ ३.२८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.28

Transliteration

sarvasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭir eṣaiva prabhudharmataḥ | etan me prākṛtaṃ janma yan māṃ pṛcchasi pārthiva || 3.28 ||

Translation

പ്രഭുത്വശക്തിയുടെ സ്വഭാവധർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്നുതന്നെ ഇതാണ് സർവ്വജഗത്തിന്റെ സൃഷ്ടി. ഹേ പാർത്ഥിവാ! നീ എന്നോടു ചോദിക്കുന്ന ‘പ്രാകൃത’ (ഭൗതിക) ജന്മം ഇതുതന്നെ।

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Word by Word

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग; ‘of all’

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• सृष्टिः: creation
• सृष्टिः: कर्ता/विषय (Subject/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• एषा: this
• एषा: विशेष्य-निर्देश (Deictic subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: अवधारण (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle: only/indeed)

• प्रभुधर्मतः: from the law/nature of the Lord
• प्रभुधर्मतः: अपादान (Source/cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (प्रभोः धर्मः), पञ्चमीविभक्ति (Ablative/पञ्चमी), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; -तः (ablatival ending)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: प्रधानीय (Predicate/identifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; used as predicate/identifier

• मे: my/of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic form)

• प्राकृतम्: natural, material
• प्राकृतम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; qualifying ‘जन्म’

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: प्रधानीय (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• यत्: which
• यत्: कर्म (Object of ‘पृच्छसि’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; relative pronoun referring to ‘जन्म’

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• पृच्छसि: you ask
• पृच्छसि: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmogony

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic strategy of framing cosmology as a dialogue, presenting creation as an ordered doctrine (sṛṣṭi) explained through an authoritative speaker, while using technical terms such as prākṛta (pertaining to prakṛti) to classify modes of manifestation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; the address “pārthiva” functions as a social-political epithet (“king/earthly ruler”) rather than a toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys a philosophical instruction: creation and manifestation are presented as governed by an intrinsic order (dharma) of sovereign power, encouraging inquiry (pṛcchasi) and disciplined understanding rather than asserting a ritual or social command.