Varaha Purana 10.39: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 39

The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode

Devanagari script

पूर्वदेशे च देवेन्द्रो लोकपालैः समं प्रभुः । स्थितवांस्तस्य सुमहच्चरितं सम्भविष्यति ॥ १०.४० ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 10.39

Transliteration

pūrvadeśe ca devendro lokapālaiḥ samaṃ prabhuḥ | sthitavāṃs tasya sumahac-caritaṃ sambhaviṣyati || 10.40 ||

Translation

W regionie wschodnim władca Indra, razem ze strażnikami świata, zajął swe stanowisko; z tego powstanie bardzo wielka opowieść o czynach.

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Word by Word

• pūrva-deśe: in the eastern region
• pūrva-deśe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘पूर्वः देशः’

• ca: and
• ca: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• deva-indraḥ: Indra, lord of the gods
• deva-indraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् इन्द्रः’

• loka-pālaiḥ: with the world-guardians
• loka-pālaiḥ: Saha (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• samam: together
• samam: Saha (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘समं’ = सह/एकत्र (together/along with)

• prabhuḥ: the lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sthitavān: remained/stood
• sthitavān: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त (perfect participle/क्तवत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थितवान्’ = stayed/was stationed

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sumahat-caritam: a very great deed/episode
• sumahat-caritam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su + mahat + carita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सुमहत्’ (very great) qualifying ‘चरितम्’

• sambhaviṣyati: will occur/come to pass
• sambhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Ancient Geography
• Puranic Narrative

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of mapping sacred geography through cosmic administrators (Indra and the Lokapālas), indicating how regional space is framed within a larger cosmological-political order.

Which geographic location is identified?

The text names pūrvadeśa (“the eastern region”) without a specific toponym; in scholarship it is typically treated as a directional-cultural zone rather than a single, uniquely identifiable modern site in this isolated fragment.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily functions as narrative framing rather than direct ethical injunction; implicitly, it emphasizes ordered guardianship of regions (lokapālatva) as a model of stewardship and responsibility over inhabited space.