Varaha Purana 129.36: Adhyaya 129, Shloka 36

Initiation for the Four Social Orders, Sandhyā Mantra Procedure, and the Merit of Offering Water in a Copper Vessel

Devanagari script

यच्चिन्तितोऽसि देवेश उग्रे तपति तिष्ठता ॥ बाढमित्येव सोऽप्युक्तो यावल्लोकस्थितिर्मया ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 129.36

Transliteration

yac cintito'si deveśa ugre tapati tiṣṭhatā || bāḍham ity eva so'py ukto yāval loka-sthitir mayā ||

Translation

यच्चिन्तितोऽसि देवेश उग्रे तपति तिष्ठता । बाढमित्येव सोऽप्युक्तो यावल्लोकस्थितिर्मया ॥

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Word by Word

• yat: what/that which

• cintitaḥ: desired/thought

• asi: you are (here: you have desired)

• deveśa: O lord of the gods

• ugre: fierce/intense

• tapati: in austerity/heat of tapas

• tiṣṭhatā: while standing/remaining

• bāḍham: certainly/so be it

• iti: thus

• eva: indeed

• saḥ: he

• api: also

• uktaḥ: was said/told

• yāvat: as long as

• loka-sthitiḥ: the world's continuance

• mayā: by me

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; granting/assurance voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Purāṇic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard consent-and-duration formula—granting a request with a cosmological time horizon (‘as long as the world endures’)—typical of Purāṇic narrative style.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified; the scope is cosmological (loka-sthiti).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse links intense disciplined practice (tapas) with the stability of granted outcomes, portraying resolve and endurance as ethically significant.