Varaha Purana 96.76: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 76

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

सर्वसः भगवान् रुखः सर्वगश्च पतिर्भवेत् ॥ यावन्त्यस्या महाशक्त्यास्तावद्रूपाणि शङ्करः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 96.76

Transliteration

sarvasaḥ bhagavān rukhaḥ sarvagaś ca patir bhavet || yāvanty asyā mahāśaktyās tāvad rūpāṇi śaṅkaraḥ ||

Translation

എല്ലാ രീതിയിലും ഭഗവാൻ ‘രുഖ’ എന്ന നിലയിൽ സർവ്വവ്യാപിയും അധിപതിയും ആകുന്നു. ഈ തത്ത്വത്തിനുള്ള മഹാശക്തികൾ എത്രയോ, ശങ്കരന്റെ രൂപങ്ങളും അത്രയേ ഉള്ളൂ.

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Word by Word

• sarvasaḥ: in every way
• sarvasaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvasaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; सर्वतः/सर्वप्रकारेण (in every way)

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• rukhaḥ: Rukha (name/epithet)
• rukhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-शब्दः)

• sarvagaḥ: all-pervading
• sarvagaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva + ga (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—सर्वत्र गच्छति/स्थितः (all-pervading)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• patiḥ: lord, master
• patiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhavet: would be / should be
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yāvanti: as many as
• yāvanti: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; परिमाणवाचक (as many as)

• asyāḥ: of her / of this (goddess)
• asyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• mahāśaktyāḥ: of (her) great power
• mahāśaktyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + śakti (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—महती च सा शक्तिः (great power)

• tāvat: that many
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक अव्यय (correlative adverb): ‘so many/that many’

• rūpāṇi: forms
• rūpāṇi: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• śaṅkaraḥ: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Śaivism (descriptive reference)
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic model where divine forms are expressed as plural manifestations correlated with enumerated śaktis—important for comparative study of sectarian synthesis in Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse is not framed as an ethical command; it presents a metaphysical principle: multiplicity of forms corresponds to multiplicity of powers.