Varaha Purana 89.33: Adhyaya 89, Shloka 33
The Hierarchy of the Trimūrti and the Manifestation of the Goddess Trikalā
Pūrva Bhāga · Sṛṣṭi’s Request (Sarvagatatva)
सृष्टिरुवाच । भगवन्नेकदेशस्था नोत्सहे स्थातुमञ्जसा । अतोऽर्थं त्वां वरं याचे सर्वगत्वमभीप्सती ॥
sṛṣṭir uvāca | bhagavann ekadeśasthā notsahe sthātum añjasā | ato 'rthaṁ tvāṁ varaṁ yāce sarvagatvam abhīpsatī ||
sRRiShTiruvAcha | bhagavannekadeshasthA notsahe sthAtuma~njasA | ato.arthaM tvAM varaM yAche sarvagatvamabhIpsatI
സൃഷ്ടി പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ഭഗവൻ, ഒരിടത്ത് മാത്രം നിലകൊണ്ട് എനിക്ക് സുഖമായി നില്ക്കാൻ കഴിയുന്നില്ല. അതുകൊണ്ട് ഞാൻ നിങ്ങളോട് വരം യാചിക്കുന്നു— സർവഗത്വം, അഥവാ എല്ലായിടത്തും സഞ്ചരിക്കാനുള്ള ശേഷി വേണം।
Sandhi Notes
- सृष्टिरुवाच = सृष्टिः + उवाच
- भगवन्नेकदेशस्था = भगवन् + एकदेशस्था
- नोत्सहे = न + उत्सहे
- अतोऽर्थम् = अतः + अर्थम्
- सर्वगत्वमभीप्सती = सर्वगत्वम् + अभीप्सती
Sṛṣṭi
Restless/uneasy due to confinement; aspirational
How may I obtain sarvagatatva—freedom from being confined to one place, the capacity to move/extend everywhere?
Limitation to one place is a form of bondage; pervasion/expansion is sought as functional freedom—cosmically, it enables sṛṣṭi to operate universally.
Recognize where one is ‘ekadeśa-stha’ (stuck in one narrow identity/habit); seek lawful expansion—skills, service, and awareness that can ‘reach everywhere’ without losing integrity.
Sṛṣṭi’s request for sarvagatatva frames creation as pervading manifestation: the ‘created order’ seeks all-pervasiveness, echoing the metaphysical tension between localized form (deśa) and pervasive principle (vyāpti).
Touches the vyāpti/ākāśa-like pervasion theme: manifest creation expands by participation in a pervading power; anticipates Purāṇic cosmogony where emanations become ‘everywhere’ through Brahmā’s sanction.
89.89.38 (boon invitation); 89.89.41 (result: Brahmā-born creation expands)
FAQs
It articulates a technical-sounding capacity (sarvagatatva) within a mythic dialogue, showing how Purāṇic Sanskrit blends philosophical vocabulary with narrative drama.
No new location is named; the verse is conceptual, contrasting ‘one place’ (ekadeśa) with ‘everywhere’ (sarvagatatva).
The verse frames capability as something to be requested and justified rather than assumed: limitations are acknowledged, and expansion of power is sought through dialogue and earned merit.
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