Varaha Purana 1.7: Adhyaya 1, Shloka 7

Praise of Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Foundational Questions

Devanagari script

पुनर्वाराहरूपेण मां गच्छन्तीं रसातलम् । उज्जहारैकदंष्ट्रेण भगवान् वै महार्णवात् ॥ १.८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 1.7

Transliteration

punarvārāharūpeṇa māṃ gacchantīṃ rasātalam | ujjahāraikadaṃṣṭreṇa bhagavān vai mahārṇavāt || 1.8 ||

Translation

Następnie znowu, przybierając postać Warahy, Dzika, Błogosławiony Pan uniósł mnie, gdy pogrążałam się ku Rasatali, używając jednego kła, z wielkiego kosmicznego oceanu.

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Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb)

• वाराहरूपेण: in the boar-form
• वाराहरूपेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराह + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वाराहस्य रूपम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/आकार (in the form of Varāha)

• माम्: me (the Earth)
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (पृथिवी-रूपेण), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गच्छन्तीम्: going
• गच्छन्तीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'माम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• रसातलम्: to Rasātala
• रसातलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रसातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म (destination)

• उज्जहार: lifted up/rescued
• उज्जहार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्√हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एकदंष्ट्रेण: with (his) single tusk
• एकदंष्ट्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (एक + दंष्ट्रा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण (by the single tusk)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• महार्णवात्: from the great ocean
• महार्णवात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् अर्णवः), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादान (from)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: Earth speaking about her restoration by Varāha)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Cosmogony

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a widely attested Purāṇic cosmogonic motif—Earth’s submergence and retrieval—reflecting early South Asian mythic historiography about cosmic order and restoration.

Which geographic location is identified?

Rasātala is not a terrestrial site but a mythic nether realm in Purāṇic cosmography; it functions as a conceptual “underworld” rather than a modern-mappable location.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse presents a philosophical instruction of restoration and protection: the world (Earth) is depicted as something to be upheld and recovered from disorder, supporting an archival theme of stewardship rather than exploitation.