Varaha Purana 97.13: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 13

The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow

Devanagari script

अपरं खण्डशः कृत्वा जटाजूटे न्यवेशयत् ॥ एवं कृत्वा महादेवो बभ्रामेमां वसुन्धराम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 97.13

Transliteration

aparaṁ khaṇḍaśaḥ kṛtvā jaṭājūṭe nyaveśayat || evaṁ kṛtvā mahādevo babhrāma imāṁ vasundharām ||

Translation

മറ്റൊരു ഭാഗം ഖണ്ഡങ്ങളാക്കി അദ്ദേഹം ജടാജൂട്ടിൽ നിക്ഷേപിച്ചു; ഇങ്ങനെ ചെയ്ത ശേഷം മഹാദേവൻ ഈ വസുന്ധരയിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു।

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Word by Word

• अपरम्: the other (part)
• अपरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit: other part/piece)

• खण्डशः: piecemeal
• खण्डशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खण्डशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: into pieces)

• कृत्वा: having made / having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• जटाजूटे: in the matted hair (locks and topknot)
• जटाजूटे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटा + जूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (जटा च जूटं च)

• न्यवेशयत्: placed / inserted
• न्यवेशयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: नि- + अव- (ny- before vowel)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (thus)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• बभ्राम: wandered
• बभ्राम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of वसुन्धराम्)

• वसुन्धराम्: earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It connects ascetic self-fashioning (jaṭā) with itinerant sacred practice, a recurring Purāṇic strategy for mapping ethics onto landscapes.

Which geographic location is identified?

The verse broadly references “the earth” (vasundharā) without a specific toponym.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

It highlights persistence in corrective practice—continuing a vow through sustained movement and restraint.