Varaha Purana 113.41: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 41

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Pūrva Bhāga · Kāla (Time) and Jyotiḥ (Astral Bodies) Enumeration

Devanagari script

सग्रहाणि च ऋक्षाणि कलाकाष्ठामुहूर्त्तकाः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.41

Transliteration

sagrahāṇi ca ṛkṣāṇi kalā-kāṣṭhā-muhūrttakāḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

Oraz planety i gwiazdozbiory; oraz miary czasu - kala, kaszttha i muhurta.

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Word by Word

• स-ग्रहाणि: together with the planets
• Type: Adjective
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘ग्रहैः सह’ (with planets)
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• ऋक्षाणि: constellations/stars
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; ‘ऋक्ष’ = नक्षत्र/तारा-समूह (stars/constellations)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• कला-काष्ठा-मुहूर्त्तकाः: kalās, kāṣṭhās, and muhūrtas (time-units)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (copulative): ‘कलाश्च काष्ठाश्च मुहूर्त्तकाः च’ (units of time)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: कला (प्रातिपदिक) + काष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुहूर्त्तक (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• कलाकाष्ठामुहूर्त्तकाः = कला + काष्ठा + मुहूर्त्तकाः (समास/समाहार-रूपेण)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Cosmological domain

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She worships

Her state of mind

Reverent, contemplative, awed by cosmic order

What she asks

Implicit: ‘How are you present as the ordering principle within planets, constellations, and the fine divisions of time?’

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Metaphysics of immanence

Subjects

CosmologyTime-reckoningAstral taxonomy

Core idea

The divine is present as the structure of time and the taxonomy of the heavens.

In practice

Contemplate daily time-divisions and celestial rhythms as reminders of the indwelling Lord; cultivate steadiness and reverence in routine.

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Pṛthivī enumerates cosmic categories as constituents/expressions of the addressed Lord’s immanence.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• History of Astronomy (Indic)
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves traditional categories for astral bodies and time-units, showing how Purāṇic literature participated in transmitting calendrical and cosmological knowledge.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the content is astronomical and temporal classification.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction appears; the passage primarily functions as a cosmological catalog emphasizing order and regularity in the universe.