Varaha Purana 71.35: Adhyaya 71, Shloka 35

Vision of the Trimūrti in Rudra, the Gautama Curse, the Manifestation of the Godāvarī, and the Niḥśvāsa-saṃhitā Account

Devanagari script

तज्जलप्लाविता सा गौर्गता चोत्थाय भामिनी । नदी च महती जाता पुण्यतोया शुचिह्रदा ॥ ७१.३५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 71.35

Transliteration

tajjalaplāvitā sā gaur gatā cotthāya bhāminī | nadī ca mahatī jātā puṇyatoyā śucihṛdā || 71.35 ||

Translation

ആ ജലത്തിൽ പ്ലാവിതയായ ആ പശു എഴുന്നേറ്റ്, ഹേ ഭാമിനി, മുന്നോട്ട് പോയി; അവിടെ പുണ്യജലമുള്ള, ശുചി ഹ്രദസഹിതമായ മഹാനദി ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു।

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Word by Word

• तत्-जल-प्लाविता: flooded by that water
• तत्-जल-प्लाविता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + जल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्लावित (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental/causal sense): ‘तत्-जलेन प्लाविता’ (flooded by that water); भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त ‘प्लावित’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गौः: cow
• गौः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गता: went
• गता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used in intransitive sense; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘went’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having risen/gotten up’

• भामिनी: the fair one (bhāminī)
• भामिनी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विशेषणवत् स्त्री (here as epithet of the cow/woman-like)

• नदी: river
• नदी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• महती: great
• महती: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• जाता: became
• जाता: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) in intransitive sense; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘became’

• पुण्य-तोया: with holy water
• पुण्य-तोया: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘पुण्यं तोयं यस्याः/या’ (having holy water); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी-विशेषण

• शुचि-ह्रदा: with pure pools
• शुचि-ह्रदा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक) + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘शुचिः ह्रदः यस्याः/या’ (having pure pools); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नदी-विशेषण

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Geography
• Ecological Ethics

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic pattern of explaining the emergence of rivers through narrative causality, contributing to the cultural mapping of landscape features as heritage geography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is stated in this isolated verse; identification depends on adjacent verses in Adhyāya 71 that may name the river or tīrtha explicitly.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames water bodies as inherently purifying and culturally significant, supporting a philosophical instruction of respecting and preserving rivers and their clean reservoirs as shared ecological heritage.