Varaha Purana 113.3: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 3

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

दंष्ट्राग्रेणोद्धृता गोरोदधिपरिवृता पर्वतैर्निम्नगाभिर्भक्तानां भीतिहानौ सुरनरकदशास्यान्तकः क्रोडरूपी ॥ विष्णुः सर्वेश्वरोऽयं यमिह हतमला लीलया प्राप्नुवन्ति त्यक्तात्मानो न पापे प्रभु भवतु मुदितारातिपक्षक्षितीशम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.3

Transliteration

daṃṣṭrāgreṇoddhṛtā gorodadhi-parivṛtā parvatair nimnagābhir bhaktānāṃ bhīti-hānau sura-naraka-daśāsyāntakaḥ kroḍa-rūpī || viṣṇuḥ sarveśvaro 'yaṃ yam iha hata-malā līlayā prāpnuvanti tyaktātmāno na pāpe prabhu bhavatu muditārāti-pakṣa-kṣitīśam ||

Translation

ଦଂଷ୍ଟ୍ରାଗ୍ରରେ ଉଦ୍ଧୃତ ପୃଥିବୀ—କ୍ଷୀରସାଗରେ ପରିବୃତ, ପର୍ବତ ଓ ନଦୀମାନଙ୍କ ସହ—ଭକ୍ତମାନଙ୍କ ଭୟହର, ବରାହରୂପୀ, ଦଶାସ୍ୟ (ରାବଣ) ସଂହାରକ, ଦେବ-ନର-ପାତାଳ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବିଚରଣକାରୀ। ଏହି ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ହିଁ ସର୍ବେଶ୍ୱର; ମଲହୀନ ଜନ ଏଠାରେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଲୀଲାମୟ କୃପାରେ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରନ୍ତି। ଆତ୍ମାଭିମାନ ତ୍ୟାଗୀମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସେ ପାପନାଶକ ପ୍ରଭୁ ହେଉନ୍ତୁ, ଏବଂ ବୈର ଶମନ କରି ଭୂପତିମାନଙ୍କୁ ଆନନ୍ଦିତ କରୁନ୍ତୁ।

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• daṃṣṭrā-agreṇa: with the tip of (his) tusk
• daṃṣṭrā-agreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃṣṭrā + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘daṃṣṭrāyāḥ agreṇa’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• uddhṛtā: lifted up
• uddhṛtā: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (kṣitiḥ/mahī understood)

• go-ro-dadhi-parivṛtā: surrounded by the (goro-)ocean
• go-ro-dadhi-parivṛtā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: go + ro + dadhi + parivṛta (प्रातिपदिक; परि-√vṛt कृदन्त)
• Form: Multi-member Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) qualifying the earth: ‘surrounded by (go/ro?) and ocean/curd-like sea’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन). Note: reading ‘gorodadhi’ is text-specific; often interpreted as ‘goro-dadhi’ (a kind of ocean/sea).

• parvataiḥ: by mountains
• parvataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• nimnagābhiḥ: by rivers
• nimnagābhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimnagā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhaktānām: of devotees
• bhaktānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/beneficiary group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bhīti-hānau: in the removal of fear
• bhīti-hānau: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti + hāni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘bhīteḥ hāniḥ’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन) (sense: ‘in the removal of fear’)

• sura-naraka-daśāsya-antakaḥ: the destroyer of the ten-faced (Rāvaṇa) of Naraka among the gods (epithet)
• sura-naraka-daśāsya-antakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + naraka + daśāsya + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) complex epithet; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• kroḍa-rūpī: having the form of a boar
• kroḍa-rūpī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kroḍa + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘kroḍa-rūpaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with viṣṇuḥ

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-īśvaraḥ: Lord of all
• sarva-īśvaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘sarveṣāṃ īśvaraḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• ayam: this (one)
• ayam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• yam: whom
• yam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• iha: here
• iha: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अव्यय) of place

• hata-malāḥ: whose impurities are destroyed / purified
• hata-malāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata + mala (प्रातिपदिक; √han क्त)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘hataṃ malaṃ yeṣām’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with (bhaktāḥ understood)

• līlayā: by play / effortlessly
• līlayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: līlā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāpnuvanti: attain
• prāpnuvanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: Laṭ (लट्/present), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tyakta-ātmānaḥ: self-surrendered / having abandoned ego
• tyakta-ātmānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyakta + ātman (प्रातिपदिक; √tyaj क्त)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘tyaktaḥ ātmā (ahaṅkāra/ātmabhāva) yeṣām’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध-निपात)

• pāpe: in sin
• pāpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• prabhu: O Lord / the Lord
• prabhu: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन) (used as vocative-like address/epithet)

• bhavatu: may (he) be / may he become
• bhavatu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्/imperative/benedictive sense), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mudita-ārāti-pakṣa-kṣitīśam: the lord of the earth whose enemy-faction is gladdened/appeased (epithet)
• mudita-ārāti-pakṣa-kṣitīśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mudita + ārāti + pakṣa + kṣitīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Complex Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) epithet; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन) (object of implied ‘(tam) bhavatu’/or apposition)

Speaker

Narrator (stuti voice; not explicitly attributed)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Dharma and Kingship

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It combines cosmological imagery (Earth-lifting, cosmic ocean) with later mythic epithet (daśāsya), illustrating how Purāṇic layers interweave devotional praise, cosmography, and ethical-kingship ideals.

Which geographic location is identified?

No single historical location is specified; the imagery is cosmological (milk ocean, mountains, rivers) rather than a named pilgrimage site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Purification and renunciation of ego are linked with freedom from moral fault; leadership is ideally oriented toward pacification of hostility and protection of the world.