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Varaha Purana 3.19: Adhyaya 3, Shloka 19

Nārada’s Account of a Former Birth and a Hymn to Nārāyaṇa

ससर्ज यो वक्त्रत एव विप्रान् भुजान्तरे क्षत्रमथोरुयुग्मे । विशः पदाग्रेषु तथैव शूद्रान् नमामि तं विश्वतनुं पुराणम् ॥ ३.१९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 3.19

sasarja yo vaktrata eva viprān bhujāntare kṣatram athoruyugme | viśaḥ padāgreṣu tathaiva śūdrān namāmi taṁ viśvatanuṁ purāṇam || 3.19 ||

Aku memberi hormat kepada Yang Purba, yang tubuh-Nya adalah alam semesta: Dia melahirkan para brāhmaṇa dari mulut, kṣatriya dari antara lengan, vaiśya dari sepasang paha, dan śūdra dari bahagian hadapan kaki.

ससर्जcreated
ससर्ज:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
यःwho
यः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
वक्त्रतःfrom (his) mouth
वक्त्रतः:
अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative)
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; 'from the mouth'
एवindeed
एव:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)
विप्रान्brāhmaṇas
विप्रान्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
भुजा-अन्तरेin the arms
भुजा-अन्तरे:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootभुजा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'भुजयोः अन्तरे' (in/between the arms)
क्षत्रम्the kṣatriya class
क्षत्रम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'kṣatra' = kṣatriya order
अथthen
अथ:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रमार्थक (then)
ऊरु-युग्मेin the pair of thighs
ऊरु-युग्मे:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु (प्रातिपदिक) + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'ऊर्योः युग्मे' (in the pair of thighs)
विशःvaiśyas
विशः:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootविश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (वैश्याः); वैदिक/पुराणप्रयोगे 'विशः' = vaiśyas
पद-अग्रेषुat the foreparts of the feet
पद-अग्रेषु:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—'पदानाम् अग्रेषु' (at the tips/front of the feet)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; adverb
एवindeed
एव:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; emphatic particle
शूद्रान्śūdras
शूद्रान्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
नमामिI bow to
नमामि:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootनम् (धातु)
Formलट्, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
तम्that (one)
तम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत (that one)
विश्व-तनुम्universe-bodied
विश्व-तनुम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'विश्वं तनुः यस्य' (whose body is the universe)
पुराणम्ancient
पुराणम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology
C
Cultural Heritage Texts

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It preserves a widely attested Purāṇic/Vedic motif that maps social categories (varṇas) onto a cosmic body, reflecting how early Sanskrit traditions linked cosmology, ritual order, and social taxonomy in textual memory.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmological and anthropogonic (origins of social categories) rather than sacred geography.

The verse functions primarily as a doxology (namāmi) and a cosmological classification statement; it does not present an explicit ethical injunction, but frames social roles as conceptually integrated within an ordered cosmic scheme.

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