Shloka 1
Varaha-Pradurbhava Context: Prahlada’s Bhakti, Narasimha’s Ugra-Form, and Shiva’s Sharabha Intervention
Devanagari script
इति श्रीलिङ्गमहापुराणे पूर्वभागे वराहप्रादुर्भावो नाम चतुर्नवतितमो ऽध्यायः ऋषय ऊचुः नृसिंहेन हतः पूर्वं हिरण्याक्षाग्रजः श्रुतम् कथं निषूदितस्तेन हिरण्यकशिपुर्वद
Transliteration
iti śrīliṅgamahāpurāṇe pūrvabhāge varāhaprādurbhāvo nāma caturnavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ nṛsiṃhena hataḥ pūrvaṃ hiraṇyākṣāgrajaḥ śrutam kathaṃ niṣūditastena hiraṇyakaśipurvada
Translation
ਰਿਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਅਸੀਂ ਸੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹਿਰਣਿਆਕਸ਼ ਦਾ ਵੱਡਾ ਭਰਾ ਹਿਰਣਿਆਕਸ਼ਿਪੁ ਨਰਸਿੰਹ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਮਾਰਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ। ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਹੱਥੋਂ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਨਾਸ ਹੋਇਆ? ਸਾਨੂੰ ਦੱਸੋ।
Word by Word
itithus
iti:
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇein the venerable Linga Mahapurana
śrī-liṅga-mahāpurāṇe:
pūrva-bhāgein the former section
pūrva-bhāge:
varāha-prādurbhāvaḥthe manifestation of Varaha
varāha-prādurbhāvaḥ:
nāmanamed
nāma:
catur-navatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥthe ninety-fifth chapter
catur-navatitamaḥ adhyāyaḥ:
ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥthe sages said
ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ:
nṛsiṃhenaby Narasimha
nṛsiṃhena:
hataḥslain
hataḥ:
pūrvamformerly/earlier
pūrvam:
hiraṇyākṣa-agrajaḥthe elder brother of Hiranyaksha
hiraṇyākṣa-agrajaḥ:
śrutam(it is) heard
śrutam:
kathamhow/in what way
katham:
niṣūditaḥwas killed/destroyed
niṣūditaḥ:
tenaby Him
tena:
hiraṇyakaśipuḥHiranyakashipu
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ:
vadas/like (in the manner of).
vad:
Speaker
Sages (Ṛṣayaḥ) at Naimiṣāraṇya (addressing Sūta Gosvāmin in the outer frame)