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Varaha Purana 113.18: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 18

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

न वाति पवनस्तत्र नैव चाग्निर्न विद्युतः ॥ न किञ्चित्तत्र विद्येत न तारा न च राशयः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.18

na vāti pavanas tatra naiva cāgnir na vidyutaḥ || na kiñcit tatra vidyeta na tārā na ca rāśayaḥ

तत्र पवनो न वाति, न चाग्निर्न विद्युत्; तत्र किञ्चिदपि न विद्यते—न तारा न च राशयः।

nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle (निषेध)
vātiblows
vāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvā (वा धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular, Parasmaipada
pavanaḥwind
pavanaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpavana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormLocative adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)
nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
evaindeed/even
eva:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormEmphatic particle (अवधारण)
caand
ca:
Vākyasaṅgati (वाक्यसङ्गति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
agniḥfire
agniḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
vidyutaḥlightning
vidyutaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyut (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative (1st), Singular
nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
kiñcitanything (at all)
kiñcit:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkiñcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; with negation = ‘anything’
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
FormLocative adverb
vidyetawould be/should exist
vidyeta:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvid (विद् धातु)
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd Person, Singular, Ātmanepada; ‘would exist/be found’
nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
tārāḥstars
tārāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottārā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
nanot
na:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
FormNegation particle
caand
ca:
Vākyasaṅgati (वाक्यसङ्गति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction
rāśayaḥconstellations/zodiacal signs (groups)
rāśayaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootrāśi (प्रातिपदik)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

Unspecified (defaults to Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue frame)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
S
Sanskrit Lexicography
A
Astral terminology

FAQs

It catalogues the absence of elemental and astral markers, reflecting a Purāṇic way of narrating cosmic suspension or dissolution-like conditions.

No geographic location is identified.

No explicit ethical instruction is given; the verse is descriptive and cosmological.

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