Varaha Purana 124.13: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 13

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Devanagari script

स्तुवन्ति देवदेवेशं युगानां सङ्क्षयेऽक्षयम् ॥ ततो वायुश्च विश्वे च अश्विनौ च समन्विताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.13

Transliteration

stuvanti devadeveśaṃ yugānāṃ saṅkṣaye 'kṣayam || tato vāyuś ca viśve ca aśvinau ca samanvitāḥ ||

Translation

Wychwalają Pana bogów, niezniszczalnego nawet przy rozwiązaniu jug. Wtedy Vāyu, Viśvedewowie i dwaj Aśvinowie, zjednoczeni, również Go wysławiają.

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Word by Word

• stuvanti: they praise
• stuvanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• deva-deveśam: the Lord of gods
• deva-deveśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवानां ईशः’

• yugānām: of the ages
• yugānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• saṅkṣaye: at the dissolution/end
• saṅkṣaye: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṅkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying devadeveśam)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• vāyuḥ: Vāyu (Wind-god)
• vāyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• viśve: the Viśve-devas
• viśve: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśve (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (dual); ‘विश्वेदेवाः’

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• aśvinau: the Aśvins
• aśvinau: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• samanvitāḥ: accompanied/assembled
• samanvitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anvita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √i with sam- + anu, past participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural); भूतकृदन्त (PPP), ‘युक्ताः/समेताः’

Speaker

Narrative voice (default framework: Varāha as instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Cosmological Time
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It connects Purāṇic devotion to the doctrine of cyclical time (yugas) and asserts an imperishable principle across cosmic dissolution.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds steadiness of ultimate reality across change—an ethical-philosophical prompt toward constancy and perspective amid cycles.