Varaha Purana 7.4: Adhyaya 7, Shloka 4

The Sanctity of Gayā: Raibhya’s Encounter and Hymn to Viṣṇu

Gadādhara

Devanagari script

त्रसरॆणुसमे शुद्धे विमानॆ सूर्यसन्निभे । परमाणुप्रमाणेन पुरुषस्तत्र दीप्तिमान् ॥ ७.४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 7.4

Transliteration

trasareṇusame śuddhe vimāne sūryasannibhe | paramāṇupramāṇena puruṣas tatra dīptimān || 7.4 ||

Translation

В той чистой вимане, сияющей подобно Солнцу и мерой равной траса-рену (trasareṇu), пребывает там светозарный Пуруша, чья мера — как у параману (paramāṇu), то есть атома.

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Word by Word

• trasareṇu-same: in (a vimāna) equal to a minute dust-particle
• trasareṇu-same: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trasareṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka/ Puṃliṅga, Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana; qualifying vimāne; tatpuruṣa: 'equal to a trasareṇu (minute dust-particle)'

• śuddhe: pure
• śuddhe: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Saptamī, Ekavacana; qualifying vimāne

• vimāne: in the aerial car
• vimāne: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakalिङ्ग, Saptamī (Locative/7th), Ekavacana

• sūrya-sannibhe: sun-like
• sūrya-sannibhe: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + sannibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Saptamī, Ekavacana; qualifying vimāne; tatpuruṣa: 'sun-like'

• paramāṇu-pramāṇena: by atomic measure
• paramāṇu-pramāṇena: Karaṇa (करण/Measure-Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paramāṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental/3rd), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: 'by the measure of an atom'

• puruṣaḥ: a person/being
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; locative adverb

• dīptimān: radiant
• dīptimān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīptimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; qualifying puruṣaḥ

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Cosmology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves classical Indian concepts of minute measurement (trasareṇu, paramāṇu) and integrates them into Purāṇic cosmological description, reflecting a shared intellectual vocabulary across narrative and philosophical literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific terrestrial location is named in this verse; the setting is a cosmological or celestial locus described through radiance and subtle measurement rather than a mapped place-name.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily conveys a philosophical-cosmological point—emphasizing purity and subtle scale in describing a radiant being—rather than issuing an explicit ethical injunction.