Varaha Purana 95.46: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 46

The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power

Devanagari script

भीमाक्षि भीषणे देवि सर्वभूतभयंकरी । कराले विकराले च महाकाले करालिनि । काली कराली विक्रान्ता कालरात्रि नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 95.46

Transliteration

bhīmākṣi bhīṣaṇe devi sarvabhūtabhayaṃkarī | karāle vikarāle ca mahākāle karālini | kālī karālī vikrāntā kālarātri namo'stu te ||

Translation

ഓ ഭീമാക്ഷീ, ഓ ഭീഷണ ദേവീ, സർവ്വഭൂതഭയങ്കരി; ഓ കരാളേ, ഓ വികരാളേ, ഓ മഹാകാളേ, ഓ കരാളിനീ; ഓ കാളീ, ഓ കരാളീ, ഓ വിക്രാന്തേ—ഓ കാലരാത്രീ, നിനക്കു നമസ്കാരം.

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Word by Word

• bhīmākṣi: O terrible-eyed one
• bhīmākṣi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīmākṣi (प्रातिपदिक; भीम+अक्षि)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• bhīṣaṇe: O terrifying one
• bhīṣaṇe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• sarva-bhūta-bhayaṃ-karī: O maker of fear for all beings
• sarva-bhūta-bhayaṃ-karī: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva+bhūta+bhayaṃ+karī (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व+भूत+भयम्+करी)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वभूतानां भयम् करोति इति)

• karāle: O fierce one
• karāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• vikarāle: O very fierce one
• vikarāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikarāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• mahākāle: O Mahākāla-like one / O Great-Time one
• mahākāle: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahākāla (प्रातिपदिक; महा+काल)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग (epithet used for Devī); कर्मधारयः

• karālini: O fierce one (fem.)
• karālini: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karālinī (प्रातिपदिक; करालिन्+ङीप्)
• Form: सम्बोधन, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; करालिन्-शब्दस्य स्त्री (feminine of karālin)

• kālī: Kālī
• kālī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• karālī: the fierce one
• karālī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karālī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• vikrāntā: valiant, striding forth
• vikrāntā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-√kram (धातु) → vikrānta (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• kālarātri: Night of Time (Kālarātri)
• kālarātri: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kālarātri (प्रातिपदिक; काल+रात्रि)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन, स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य रात्रिः)

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/सम्बोधनार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक; नमस्)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-निपात (indeclinable interjection used in salutation)

• astu: let there be
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु; अस्)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक; त्वद्)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

Speaker

Rudra

Tags

• Purāṇic Hymns
• Śākta Vocabulary
• Sanskrit Poetics (repetition)
• Ritual Studies (textual)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows stuti technique through iterative epithets and a concluding homage refrain, a pattern widely shared across Purāṇic and stotra traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name is present; the content is hymnic and descriptive.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames fear and protection as themes: acknowledging forces that dispel threats and stabilize communal wellbeing, expressed through formalized praise.