Varaha Purana 144.4: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 4

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Uttara Bhāga · Yuga Narrative and Genealogy Prelude (Historical-Epic Register)

Devanagari script

द्वापरे तु युगे भूमे यदूनां कुलसङ्कुले ॥ तत्र शूर इति ख्यातो यदूनां वंशवर्धनः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.4

Transliteration

dvāpare tu yuge bhūme yadūnāṃ kula-saṅkule || tatra śūra iti khyāto yadūnāṃ vaṃśa-vardhanaḥ

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

W wieku Dvāpara, o Ziemio, pośród gęstej sieci rodów Yadów, był jeden znany jako Śūra, pomnażający linię Yadów.

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Word by Word

• द्वापरे: in the Dvāpara (age)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time-locative)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: द्वापर (प्रातिपदिक)

• तु: indeed / but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)
• Role: Particle (निपात)
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• युगे: in the age
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)

• भूमे: O Earth
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; संबोधन
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुल-सङ्कुले: in the clan-crowded (lineage milieu)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (कुले सङ्कुलः = ‘crowded with a clan’), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit ‘in [a place]’)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्कुल (प्रातिपदिक)

• तत्र: there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)

• शूरः: Śūra
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक अव्यय (quotative)
• Role: Marker (निपात)
• Root: इति (अव्यय)

• ख्यातः: was renowned/known
• Type: Verb
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (इति ख्यातः = ‘was known as’)
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)

• यदूनाम्: of the Yadus
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक)

• वंश-वर्धनः: increaser of the lineage
• Type: Noun
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वंशस्य वर्धनः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण/उपाधि (शूरः)
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्धन (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• कुलसङ्कुले = कुल-सङ्कुले (समास)

Speaker and setting

Vira and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Listening, intent on understanding sacred history connected to places/lineages

What she asks

How does the sacred narrative unfold in Dvāpara within the Yadu lineage—who are the key progenitors?

The teaching

Path

Dharma In History

Subjects

History (Purāṇic Genealogy)Cosmology (Yuga Framework)Ethics

Core idea

Dharma and divine purpose unfold through time-cycles (yugas) and lineages; exemplary ancestors become carriers of cultural and spiritual continuity

In practice

Read genealogy as ethical memory: honor forebears, preserve dharmic conduct, and see personal duty within larger temporal cycles

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Varāha continues instructing Earth by narrating yuga-based genealogy leading toward Yādava history

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Yuga Chronology
• Itihāsa-Purāṇa Style

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shifts into a genealogical-historical register using the yuga framework, a standard Purāṇic method for organizing legendary dynastic memory.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific place-name is given here; the verse is primarily temporal (Dvāpara) and genealogical (Yadu lineage).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it valorizes lineage responsibility and social continuity through the figure described as ‘vaṃśa-vardhana’ (one who sustains and expands a line).