Varaha Purana 113.25: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 25

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

सृष्ट्वा किमादिशः सर्वां न प्राज्ञायते किंचन ॥ न वाति पवनस्तत्र न चैवाग्निर्ज्वलत्यपि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.25

Transliteration

sṛṣṭvā kimādiśaḥ sarvāṃ na prājñāyate kiṃcana || na vāti pavanastatra na caivāgnirjvalatyapi

Translation

सृष्ट्वा किमादिशः सर्वं न प्राज्ञायते किञ्चन; न वाति पवनस्तत्र न चाग्निर्ज्वलति अपि।

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Word by Word

• sṛṣṭvā: having created
• sṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), from √sṛj; ‘having created’

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; interrogative pronoun

• ādiśaḥ: of what kind / how-formed
• ādiśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective used predicatively

• sarvām: entire / all
• sarvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., sṛṣṭiṃ)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• prājñāyate: is understood / is known
• prājñāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ‘is known/understood’

• kiṃcana: anything
• kiṃcana: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; indefinite pronoun ‘anything’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• vāti: blows
• vāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘blows’

• pavanaḥ: wind
• pavanaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed / even
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• jvalati: burns
• jvalati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jval (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘burns’

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), concessive/emphatic

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Cosmogony
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a cosmological topos—an unmanifest or inert condition—shared across Indian cosmogonic literature, useful for comparative studies of creation theories.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly location is indicated; the setting is a cosmological ‘there’ (tatra) describing pre-manifest conditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it emphasizes epistemic humility: before order emerges, ordinary categories of experience (wind/fire) do not apply.