Varaha Purana 22.6: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 6

Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding

Devanagari script

उमा नामेति महती कृष्णा चेत्यभिधानतः । लब्ध्वा तु शोभनां मूर्तिं हिमवन्तगृहे शुभा ॥ २२.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 22.6

Transliteration

umā nāmeti mahatī kṛṣṇā cety abhidhānataḥ | labdhvā tu śobhanāṃ mūrtiṃ himavantagṛhe śubhā || 22.6 ||

Translation

उमा नामेति महती कृष्णा चेति चाभिधानतः। लब्ध्वा शोभनां मूर्तिं शुभा हिमवन्तगृहे वसत्॥

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Word by Word

• उमा: Umā (name of the goddess)
• उमा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Designation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावे प्रयोगः ‘as name’

• इति: thus
• इति: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• महतī: great
• महतī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• कृष्णा: dark/black-complexioned
• कृष्णा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इति: thus
• इति: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निरूपणार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• अभिधानतः: by name/according to the designation
• अभिधानतः: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/according to the appellation’

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having obtained’

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: N/A (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• शोभनाम्: beautiful
• शोभनाम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• मूर्तिम्: form/body
• मूर्तिम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हिमवत्-गृहे: in the house of Himavat
• हिमवत्-गृहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘of Himavat’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• शुभा: auspicious/beautiful
• शुभा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (उमा-विशेषण)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Sanskrit Textual Tradition
• Sacred Geography
• Devī Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves Purāṇic onomastics (name-traditions) for the goddess and situates her within a Himalayan household context (Himavant), reflecting how sacred geography and mythic genealogy are interwoven in Purāṇic composition.

Which geographic location is identified?

Himavant refers to the Himalaya personified; in textual geography it points to the Himalayan region (modern Himalayas across North India/Nepal/Tibet), frequently used as a mythic locus for divine lineages and ascetic landscapes.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a cultural-philosophical theme: transformation toward auspiciousness (śubhā) and the sacralization of landscape (Himavant/Himalaya) as a setting for exemplary figures.