Varaha Purana 90.4: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 4

Description of the Threefold Goddess-Power and Brahmā’s Hymn to Sṛṣṭi

Devanagari script

देवानां दानवानां च यक्षगन्धर्वरक्षसाम् । पशूनां वीरुधां चापि त्वमुत्पत्तिर्वरानने ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 90.4

Transliteration

devānāṁ dānavānāṁ ca yakṣa-gandharva-rakṣasām | paśūnāṁ vīrudhāṁ cāpi tvam utpattir varānane ||

Translation

Bagi para dewa dan Dānava, bagi Yakṣa, Gandharva dan Rākṣasa, serta bagi segala haiwan dan tumbuh-tumbuhan—wahai yang berwajah indah, Engkaulah sumber asal kejadian.

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Word by Word

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th case, genitive)

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• यक्ष-गन्धर्व-रक्षसाम्: of Yakṣas, Gandharvas, and Rākṣasas
• यक्ष-गन्धर्व-रक्षसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर); षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• पशूनाम्: of animals
• पशूनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी

• वीरुधाम्: of plants/creepers
• वीरुधाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, बहुवचन, षष्ठी

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• अपि: also
• अपि: Modifier (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• उत्पत्तिः: origin/creation
• उत्पत्तिः: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन; कर्मधारय-समासः

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Ancient Natural History Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic cataloging style that integrates divine, semi-divine, and natural categories into a single cosmological framework of origin.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified; the verse is a universal enumeration of beings.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

By placing animals and plants within the same origin-principle as other beings, it supports a worldview conducive to ecological regard and non-reductive valuation of life.