Varaha Purana 93.2: Adhyaya 93, Shloka 2

The Battle of Mahiṣa Daitya and the Gods

Devanagari script

कालः कृतान्तो रक्ताक्षो हरणो मित्रहाऽनिलः । यज्ञहा ब्रह्महा गोग्घ्नः स्त्रीघ्नः संवर्त्तकस्तथा ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 93.2

Transliteration

kālaḥ kṛtānto raktākṣo haraṇo mitrahā'nilaḥ | yajñahā brahmahā goghnaḥ strīghnaḥ saṃvarttakas tathā ||

Translation

Kāla, Kṛtānta, Raktākṣa, Haraṇa, Mitrahā, Anila; Yajñahā, Brahmahā, Goghna, Strīghna oraz Saṃvarttaka, ci byli imionami przywódców daityów.

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Word by Word

• kālaḥ: Kāla (Time/Death)
• kālaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṛtāntaḥ: Kṛtānta (Death)
• kṛtāntaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• rakta-akṣaḥ: Red-eyed (one)
• rakta-akṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• haraṇaḥ: Haraṇa (name)/robber
• haraṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• mitra-hā: friend-slayer
• mitra-hā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitra (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Kridanta (कृदन्त) agent noun with -hā (घञर्थ/हन-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• anilaḥ: Anila (Wind)
• anilaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• yajña-hā: sacrifice-slayer
• yajña-hā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Kridanta agent noun (-hā), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• brahma-hā: Brahmin-slayer
• brahma-hā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Kridanta agent noun (-hā), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• go-ghnaḥ: cow-killer
• go-ghnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Kridanta agent noun (घ्न/घञ्-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• strī-ghnaḥ: woman-killer
• strī-ghnaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक) + han (धातु)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; Kridanta agent noun (घ्न), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃvarttakaḥ: Saṃvarttaka (the destroyer/one causing dissolution)
• saṃvarttakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃ-vṛt (धातु) + ṇvul/aka (कृत्)
• Form: Kridanta (कृदन्त) agent noun; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tathā: and also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), conjunction/adverb (समुच्चय/प्रकार)

Speaker

Varāha (narrative voice; explicit speaker not repeated in this fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa
• Sanskrit Lexicography
• Mythology

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