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Varaha Purana 72.14: Adhyaya 72, Shloka 14

Instruction on the Unity of the Triad

Brahmā–Viṣṇu–Rudra

कर्मवेदयुजां विप्र ब्रह्मा विष्णुर्महेश्वरः । वयं त्रयोऽपि मन्त्राद्या नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ ७२.१४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 72.14

karmavedayujāṃ vipra brahmā viṣṇur maheśvaraḥ | vayaṃ trayo 'pi mantrādyā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 72.14 ||

Wahai brāhmaṇa, bagi mereka yang menggabungkan Veda dan karma-ritual, Brahmā, Viṣṇu dan Maheśvara—kami bertiga—sesungguhnya ialah para penguasa yang memimpin, bermula dengan mantra; dalam hal ini tiada perlu pertimbangan lagi.

कर्मवेदयुजाम्of those joined with ritual action and Veda
कर्मवेदयुजाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मवेदयुज् (प्रातिपदिक) = कर्म + वेद + युज्
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive, 6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (कर्मणा वेदेन च युज्यन्ते ये)
विप्रO brahmin
विप्र:
सम्बोधन (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
ब्रह्माBrahmā
ब्रह्मा:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Subject/Predicate list)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्/ब्रह्मा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Subject/Predicate list)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
महेश्वरःMaheśvara (the Great Lord)
महेश्वरः:
कर्ता/उद्देश्य (Subject/Predicate list)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) = महा + ईश्वर
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
त्रयःthree
त्रयः:
कर्ता (Appositional subject)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)
मन्त्राद्याःbeginning with mantras (i.e., mantra as foremost)
मन्त्राद्याः:
विशेषण/उपपद (Predicate qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्राद्य (प्रातिपदिक) = मन्त्र + आदि
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रः आदिः येषाम्)
not
:
सम्बन्ध (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)
अत्रhere/in this matter
अत्र:
अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)
कार्याto be done/necessary
कार्या:
विधेय (Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicative adjective)
विचारणाdeliberation/inquiry
विचारणा:
कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविचारणा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
Ś
Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Shared Theology
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic tendency to present major deities as operating within a shared ritual-linguistic framework, emphasizing mantra as a legitimizing medium in late-Vedic and early-medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is doctrinal, focusing on divine authority and mantra.

The verse frames a philosophical instruction about epistemic authority in ritual contexts: that mantra-based foundations are treated as decisive, discouraging unnecessary disputation within the stated doctrinal scope.

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