Varaha Purana 21.62: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 62

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Pūrva Bhāga · Stuti and Ritual Praise (Devotional Hymnody within Narrative Dialogue)

Devanagari script

भगनेत्रहरं देवं पूष्णो दन्तविनाशनम् । स्तुतिं कुरुतमा शीघ्रं गीतैरेतैस्तु नामभिः । येनायं वः प्रसन्नात्मा वरदत्वं भजेत ह ॥ २१.६३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.62

Transliteration

bhaganetra-haraṃ devaṃ pūṣṇo danta-vināśanam | stutiṃ kurutamā śīghraṃ gītair etais tu nāmabhiḥ | yenāyaṃ vaḥ prasannātmā varadatvaṃ bhajeta ha || 21.63 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Segeralah persembahkan pujian—melalui gelaran-gelaran suci yang dinyanyikan ini—kepada Dewa yang merampas mata Bhaga dan memusnahkan gigi Pūṣan, agar Baginda berkenan terhadap kamu dan menjadi pemberi anugerah.

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Word by Word

• bhaganetraharam: remover of Bhaga's eye
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: bhagasya netraṃ harati iti / bhaga-netra-hara; qualifying devam
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: bhaga + netra + hara (प्रातिपदिक)

• devam: the god (Rudra)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)

• pūṣṇaḥ: of Pūṣan
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: pūṣan (पूषन् प्रातिपदिक)

• dantavināśanam: destroyer of (Pūṣan's) teeth
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: dantānāṃ vināśanaḥ; qualifying devam
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: danta + vināśana (प्रातिपदिक)

• stutim: praise / hymn
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: stuti (स्तुति प्रातिपदिक)

• kurutam: do (you two) / perform
• Type: Verb
• Form: Verb; Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Dual (द्विवचन); parasmaipada
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)

• mā: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), prohibitive particle (निषेध) used with imperative
• Role: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Root: mā (अव्यय)

• śīghram: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya usage (क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण), adverb
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: śīghra (शीघ्र प्रातिपदिक)

• gītaiḥ: with songs
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: gīta (गीत प्रातिपदिक; from √gai)

• etaiḥ: with these
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); demonstrative adjective qualifying gītaiḥ
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: indeed / but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) indicating emphasis/contrast
• Role: Nipāta (निपात)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• nāmabhiḥ: with names (epithets)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: nāman (नामन् प्रातिपदिक)

• yena: by which
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ayam: this one (he)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: idam (इदम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• vaḥ: of you / to you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी) or Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Plural; enclitic pronoun
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• prasannātmā: one whose heart is pleased
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); bahuvrīhi: prasannaḥ ātmā yasya saḥ
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: prasanna + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)

• varadatvam: the state of granting boons
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); abstract noun in -tva
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: varada + tva (प्रातिपदिक)

• bhajeta: may assume / may take up
• Type: Verb
• Form: Verb; Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ātmanepada
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: bhaj (भज् धातु)

• ha: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात) often for emphasis/traditional narration
• Role: Nipāta (निपात)
• Root: ha (अव्यय)

Sandhi Notes

• भगनेत्रहरं = भग-नेत्र-हरम् (compound)
• दन्तविनाशनम् = दन्त-विनाशनम् (compound)
• गीतैरेतैस्तु = गीतैः + एतैः + तु (visarga sandhi: ः + ए → रे)
• येनायं = येन + अयम् (vowel sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Vira and Bhakti rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ritual theology / ethics of devotion

Subjects

EthicsCultural HeritageRitual Practice

Core idea

Stuti is an efficacious upāya: naming the deity through epithets recalls his deeds and awakens prasannatā leading to varadāna.

In practice

In crisis or need, employ nāma-stuti with sincerity and speed; let remembrance of divine līlā shape prayer rather than vague petition.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Hymnody
• Mythic Etiology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style etiological reference to well-known deities (Bhaga and Pūṣan), using brief mythic markers to authorize a practice of stuti (formal praise) as a culturally transmitted ritual-literary convention.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is focused on hymnic address and the efficacy of praise rather than sacred topography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse recommends prompt, respectful speech-act practice—offering praise through appropriate epithets—as a disciplined means to cultivate favorable outcomes (boon-granting disposition), framed as a normative cultural instruction rather than coercive doctrine.