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Varaha Purana 113.58: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 58

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

मां त्वं मग्नामसि त्रातुं लोकनाथ इहार्हसि ॥ आदिकालात्मकः कृष्णः सर्वलोकात्मको विभुः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.58

māṃ tvaṃ magnām asi trātuṃ lokanātha ihārhasi || ādikālātmakaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sarvalokātmako vibhuḥ ||

मां त्वं मग्नामसि त्रातुं लोकनाथ इहार्हसि। आदिकालात्मकः कृष्णः सर्वलोकात्मको विभुः॥

माम्me
माम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा, एकवचन
मग्नाम्sunk/drowned (female form, qualifying ‘me’)
मग्नाम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootमग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मज्ज्)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)
असिyou are
असि:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
त्रातुम्to save
त्रातुम्:
प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य (Purpose)
TypeVerb
Rootत्रा (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to protect/save’
लोकनाथO lord of the worlds
लोकनाथ:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootलोकनाथ (प्रातिपदिक: लोक + नाथ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: लोकस्य नाथः
इहhere
इह:
अधिकरण (Context/Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)
अर्हसिyou ought/are able (to)
अर्हसि:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: अर्ह् (to be fit/ought)
आदिकालात्मकःwhose nature is the primordial time
आदिकालात्मकः:
प्रथमा-समनाधिकरण/विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootआदिकालात्मक (प्रातिपदिक: आदि-काल + आत्मक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष
कृष्णःKṛṣṇa
कृष्णः:
कर्ता/विशेष्य (Subject/Head)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
सर्वलोकात्मकःwhose nature is all the worlds
सर्वलोकात्मकः:
प्रथमा-समनाधिकरण/विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्वलोकात्मक (प्रातिपदिक: सर्वलोक + आत्मक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष
विभुःthe all-powerful one
विभुः:
प्रथमा-समनाधिकरण (Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Pṛthivī (default; petition aligns strongly with Earth-in-distress motif)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
E
Environmental Humanities

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The supplication resonates with the wider Varāha Purāṇa theme of Earth’s peril and restoration, making it valuable for studying Purāṇic environmental symbolism and rescue narratives.

No specific place is named; the verse uses the cosmic title “lord of the world” and the immediacy marker “here” (iha).

It frames protection of the vulnerable (here, the Earth-persona) as a central responsibility of rightful lordship, supporting stewardship-oriented readings.

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