Varaha Purana 90.6: Adhyaya 90, Shloka 6

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

Pūrva Bhāga · Devī-stuti: Protection and Auspicious Agency

Devanagari script

सर्वगा गतसन्देहा सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हिणी । सर्वविद्येश्वरी देवी नमस्ते स्वस्तिकारिणि ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 90.6

Transliteration

sarvagā gata-sandehā sarva-śatru-nibarhiṇī | sarva-vidyeśvarī devī namas te svastikāriṇi ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Engkau meliputi segala, bebas daripada keraguan, pemusnah setiap musuh. Wahai Dewi, Engkaulah penguasa segala ilmu—sembah sujud kepada-Mu, wahai pembawa kesejahteraan.

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Word by Word

• सर्वगा: all-pervading
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; कर्मधारयः (सर्वत्र गच्छति/व्याप्नोति इति)
• Role: Predicate adjective (समानााधिकरण)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• गत-सन्देहा: free from doubt
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; बहुव्रीहिः (गतः सन्देहः यस्याः = whose doubt is gone); गत = क्त-प्रत्यय
• Role: Predicate adjective (समानााधिकरण)
• Root: गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √गम् धातु) + सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्व-शत्रु-निबर्हिणी: destroyer of all enemies
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां शत्रूणां निबर्हिणी = destroyer of all enemies); कृदन्तः णिनि-प्रत्यय
• Role: Predicate adjective (समानााधिकरण)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक) + निबर्हिणी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √बर्ह्/बर्हि ‘to drive away/destroy’, णिनि)

• सर्व-विद्य-ईश्वरी: mistress of all sciences
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वासां विद्याणाम् ईश्वरी)
• Role: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + विद्या (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवी: the Goddess
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: salutation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्ययप्रायः निपातः; नमस्कारार्थक (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थी/द्वितीयार्थे ‘to’ सह
• Role: Discourse act (सम्बोधनात्मक/नमस्कार)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः)

• ते: to you
• Type: Noun
• Form: सर्वनाम, एकवचन, चतुर्थी (4th case, dative)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वस्तिकारिणि: O doer of auspiciousness
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्तिं करोति इति); कृदन्तः णिनि-प्रत्यय
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + कारिणी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √कृ धातु, णिनि)

Sandhi Notes

• गतसन्देहा = गत-सन्देहा
• सर्वशत्रुनिबर्हिणी = सर्व-शत्रु-निबर्हिणी
• सर्वविद्येश्वरी = सर्व-विद्य-ईश्वरी
• नमस्ते = नमः + ते

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Vira rasaSetting: Ritual metaphysical

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Protective, empowering, invoked for well-being (svasti)

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Ethics/spiritual psychology

Subjects

Ethics (Well-being)Philosophy of KnowledgeProtective Hymn Motifs

Core idea

Well-being arises from clarity (freedom from doubt) and alignment with protective cosmic order.

In practice

Begin actions with auspicious intention and disciplined clarity; remove doubt through study, counsel, and devotion.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha continues protective stuti of Bhū/Devī as all-pervading, doubtless, foe-destroying, and welfare-making.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Devī-stuti
• Sanskrit Poetics (Epithets)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows the Purāṇic use of epithets as a compact theological-ethical vocabulary, linking knowledge, protection, and welfare.

Which geographic location is identified?

No place-name occurs in this verse.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The central value is svasti (well-being/auspicious welfare), framed as an ideal outcome of right knowledge and stability of mind.