Varaha Purana 53.4: Adhyaya 53, Shloka 4

The Origin Account of Saptamūrti Svara and the Emergence of Saṃbhūti through Vibhūti

Devanagari script

स गुरुः स कथायास्तु तस्याश्चैव प्रवर्तकः । तस्य पुत्रः स्वरो नाम सप्तमूर्तिंरसौ स्मृतः ॥ ५३.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 53.4

Transliteration

sa guruḥ sa kathāyāstu tasyāś caiva pravarttakaḥ | tasya putraḥ svaro nāma saptamūrtiṃrasau smṛtaḥ || 53.4 ||

Translation

അവൻ ഗുരുവായിരുന്നു; ആ കഥയുടെ പ്രവർത്തകനും അവൻ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു. അവന്റെ പുത്രൻ ‘സ്വര’ എന്ന പേരുള്ളവൻ; ‘സപ്തമൂർത്തിംരസ’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

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Word by Word

• sa: he

• guruḥ: teacher/preceptor

• kathāyāḥ: of the discourse/narrative

• tu: and/indeed

• tasyāḥ: of that

• ca eva: also indeed

• pravartakaḥ: initiator/promulgator

• tasya: of him

• putraḥ: son

• svaraḥ: Svara (proper name

• nāma: named

• smṛtaḥ: remembered/recorded in tradition

• saptamūrtiṃrasaḥ: Saptamūrtiṃrasa (epithet/title

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaishnavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a brief notice of transmission—identifying a teacher, his role in promulgating a discourse, and a named successor—reflecting how Purāṇic materials often embed lineage markers to situate teachings within remembered tradition.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on persons (a teacher and his son) and a title/epithet.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct ethical injunction, the verse emphasizes the cultural value of knowledge transmission—remembering teachers and preserving the continuity of instruction and discourse.