Varaha Purana 113.4: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 4

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्काले क्षितिः पूर्वकल्पे वाराह मूर्तिना ॥ उद्धृता च यया भक्त्या पप्रच्छ परमेश्वरम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.4

Transliteration

yasmin kāle kṣitiḥ pūrva-kalpe vārāha-mūrtinā || uddhṛtā ca yayā bhaktyā papraccha parameśvaram ||

Translation

W tym czasie, w dawniejszym kalpie, gdy Ziemia została uniesiona przez postać Warahy, wtedy, z tym samym nabożeństwem, zapytała Najwyższego Pana.

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Word by Word

• yasmin: in which
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter, Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• kāle: at the time
• kāle: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṣitiḥ: the earth
• kṣitiḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣiti (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• pūrva-kalpe: in the former kalpa
• pūrva-kalpe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūrva + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘pūrve kalpe’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• vārāha-mūrtinā: by the boar-form
• vārāha-mūrtinā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāha + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vārāhī mūrtiḥ’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• uddhṛtā: was 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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• yayā: by which (devotion)
• yayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• bhaktyā: by devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• papraccha: asked
• papraccha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√prach (प्रच्छ् धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्/perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• parameśvaram: the Supreme Lord
• parameśvaram: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parameśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) ‘paramaḥ īśvaraḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

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FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It signals a classic Purāṇic dialogic setup: a cosmological event (Earth’s restoration) becomes the trigger for doctrinal and ethical questioning.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the verse situates events in mythic time (a former kalpa).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Inquiry is framed as arising from devotion and restored order—knowledge-seeking follows the re-stabilization of the world.