Shloka 23

नरकासुरवधः, अदीतिकुण्डल-प्रत्यर्पणम्, तथा भारावतरण-लीला

Devanagari script

यदाहम् उद्धृता नाथ त्वया सूकरमूर्तिना त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः पुत्रस् तदायं मय्य् अजायत

Transliteration

yadāham uddhṛtā nātha tvayā sūkaramūrtinā tvatsparśasaṃbhavaḥ putras tadāyaṃ mayy ajāyata

Translation

Ó Senhor, quando me ergueste na forma do Javali divino (Varāha), foi do Teu toque santificador que este filho foi concebido e então mesmo tomou forma em mim.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-सम्बन्ध (relative adverb: ‘when’)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• उद्धृता: (was) lifted up/rescued
• उद्धृता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; ‘उद्धृत’

• नाथ: O Lord
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• सूकरमूर्तिना: in the boar-form
• सूकरमूर्तिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूकर (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘सूकर-रूपा मूर्तिः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘मूर्ति’ का तृतीया-एकवचन (मूर्तिना) — Instrumental singular

• त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः: born from your touch
• त्वत्स्पर्शसंभवः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘त्वत्स्पर्शात् सम्भवः’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• पुत्रः: a son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (correlative adverb: ‘then’)

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Locative singular

• अजायत: was born
• अजायत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘was born’

Speaker

Earth (Pṛthivī/Bhū-devī) addressing Lord Vishnu (Varāha)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Teaching: Historical

Quality: revealing

Avatara Context

Avatara: Varaha

Purpose: He descends as the Boar to lift the Earth from the abyss and re-establish the stability of the world-order.

Leela: Loka-rakshana

Dharma Restored: Re-establishment of Bhūmi in her proper place, safeguarding cosmic order (bhū-dhāraṇa).

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: The Lord’s contact is intrinsically purifying and efficacious, making even worldly events participate in sacred causality.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Treat divine remembrance (nāma, arcana, smaraṇa) as sanctifying contact that transforms one’s inner life and relationships.

Vishishtadvaita: Bhagavān’s real, gracious touch operates within the world, showing immanence without denying transcendence.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: Shanta

Lakshmi Presence: Bhumi

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Varaha
• Bhumi (Earth Goddess)

FAQs

What is the significance of Varaha lifting the Earth in the Vishnu Purana?

It presents Vishnu’s sovereignty as the restorer of cosmic order: when the Earth is submerged or destabilized, the Lord manifests as Varaha to raise and re-establish her in the proper cosmic arrangement.

How does the Vishnu Purana frame creation through the Lord’s touch in this verse?

The verse attributes generative power to Vishnu’s contact (tvat-sparśa), implying that life and lineage can arise as an effect of divine presence—creation as a sacred, Lord-dependent process rather than a merely material event.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu here?

Vishnu is shown as the Supreme Reality who both protects and produces: His avatar restores the world, and His will/touch becomes the source of further manifestation, aligning with Vaishnava readings that place all origination under the Lord’s supremacy.