Varaha Purana 33.18: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 18

The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati

Pūrva Bhāga · Śiva-stuti / Nāma-namaskāra (invocatory epithets)

Devanagari script

पूष्णो दन्तविनाशाय भगनेत्रहने नमः । भविष्यवृषचिह्नाय महाभूतपते नमः ॥ ३३.१८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 33.18

Transliteration

pūṣṇo dantavināśāya bhaganetrahane namaḥ | bhaviṣyavṛṣacihnāya mahābhūtapate namaḥ || 33.18 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

പൂഷണന്റെ ദന്തനാശം വരുത്തിയവനു നമസ്കാരം; ഭഗന്റെ നേത്രഹനനം ചെയ്തവനു നമസ്കാരം. വൃഷഭചിഹ്നധാരിയായ മഹാഭൂതപതിക്കു നമസ്കാരം।

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• pūṣṇaḥ: of Pūṣan
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Singular (एकवचन); 'pūṣṇo' in text = pūṣṇaḥ (gen. sg.)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Root: pūṣan (प्रातिपदिक)

• dantavināśāya: to the destroyer of (Pūṣan's) teeth
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'दन्तानां विनाशः' (destruction of teeth)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: danta + vināśa (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhaganetrahane: to the destroyer of Bhaga's eyes
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त: 'भगस्य नेत्रे हन्ति' (slayer of Bhaga's eyes)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: bhaga + netra + han (धातु)

• namaḥ: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), obeisance particle (नमस्कारार्थक)
• Role: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhaviṣyavṛṣacihnāya: to him whose emblem is the bull (for the future)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'भविष्ये वृषचिह्नः' / 'भविष्य-वृष-चिह्न' (whose emblem is the bull for the future/ever to be)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: bhaviṣya + vṛṣa + cihna (प्रातिपदिक)

• mahābhūtapate: to the lord of the great beings/elements
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative (चतुर्थी/4), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'महाभूतानां पतिः' (lord of the great beings/elements)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: mahā + bhūta + pati (प्रातिपदिक)

• namaḥ: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), obeisance particle (नमस्कारार्थक)
• Role: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• pūṣṇo is genitive singular of pūṣan
• compounds are epithets in dative singular governed by namaḥ (salutation to...)

Speaker and setting

Raudra and Adbhuta rasaSetting: Mythic ritual arena

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology (critique of ritual pride)

Subjects

Mythic AllusionTheology (Descriptive Epithets)Cosmology (Elements)

Core idea

Ritual power without right orientation (bhakti, humility, recognition of the divine) collapses; the Lord of elements (mahābhūta-pati) transcends and governs the very constituents invoked in ritual.

In practice

Perform yajña/duty without arrogance; integrate devotion and ethical restraint so action does not become self-exalting.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Intertext
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a compact set of mythic epithets associated with pan-Indic narrative memory (e.g., Pūṣan and Bhaga), illustrating how Purāṇic verses encode older Vedic and epic motifs through devotional-style salutations.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic location is named in this verse; it is primarily a sequence of honorific epithets and mythic references.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse models a philosophical posture of reverential acknowledgment—using concise epithets to recall actions, symbols, and cosmic functions (such as lordship over the elements).