Varaha Purana 113.6: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 6

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

स तेन सान्त्वितायां वै पृथिव्यां यः समागतः ॥ सनत्कुमारस्तत्क्षेत्रे दृष्ट्वा तां संस्थितां महीम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.6

Transliteration

sa tena sāntvitāyāṃ vai pṛthivyāṃ yaḥ samāgataḥ || sanatkumāras tat-kṣetre dṛṣṭvā tāṃ saṃsthitāṃ mahīm ||

Translation

ఇలా సాంత్వన పొందిన భూమి వద్దకు సనత్కుమారుడు అక్కడికి వచ్చెను; ఆ క్షేత్రంలో భూమి మళ్లీ స్థిరపడినదిగా చూచి ఆయన…

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Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• tena: by him/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sāntvitāyām: when consoled/in the consoled (state)
• sāntvitāyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāntvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); past passive participle used adjectivally, qualifying pṛthivyām

• vai: indeed
• vai: Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात) of emphasis

• pṛthivyām: in/on the earth
• pṛthivyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (यद्-प्रत्यय), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• samāgataḥ: having come/arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: Past active participle (क्त/कृत्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• sanatkumāraḥ: Sanatkumāra
• sanatkumāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sanat + kumāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); proper name

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative (सर्वनाम), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Stem-form used in compound with kṣetre

• kṣetre: in the field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), indeclinable verbal form

• tām: her/that (earth)
• tām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• saṃsthitām: standing/placed
• saṃsthitām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying tām/mahīm

• mahīm: the earth
• mahīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to tām

Speaker

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Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It introduces Sanatkumāra—often a transmitter of knowledge—indicating a shift from cosmological event to didactic dialogue.

Which geographic location is identified?

The text says 'tat-kṣetre' (“in that region/place”) without naming it; identification is not possible from this fragment alone.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Stabilization and consolation precede instruction: restoration is followed by reflective discourse and guidance.