Varaha Purana 166.13: Adhyaya 166, Shloka 13

The Greatness of the Sacred Pond Called Asikuṇḍa

Devanagari script

जय विश्वेश कर्त्तेश जय देव नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ श्रीवराह उवाच ॥ तीर्थैः स्तुतोऽहं वसुधे वचनं चेदमब्रुवम् ।

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 166.13

Transliteration

jaya viśveśa kartteśa jaya deva namo 'stu te || śrīvarāha uvāca || tīrthaiḥ stuto 'haṁ vasudhe vacanaṁ cedam abruvam |

Translation

జయ విశ్వేశ్వరా, కర్త్తేశ్వరా; జయ దేవా, నీకు నమస్కారం. శ్రీవరాహుడు పలికెను—హే వసుధా, తీర్థములచే స్తుతింపబడి నేను ఈ వచనములు పలికితిని.

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Word by Word

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: Avyaya; exclamatory particle

• viśveśa: O Lord of the universe
• viśveśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): viśvasya īśaḥ; Masculine, Sambodhana, Eka-vacana

• kartteśa: O Lord of doers/creator-lord
• kartteśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kartṛ + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): kartṝṇām īśaḥ / kartur īśaḥ; Masculine, Sambodhana, Eka-vacana

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: Avyaya; exclamatory particle

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Sambodhana, Eka-vacana

• namaḥ: salutation
• namaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; indeclinable salutation (नमः)

• astu: may it be
• astu: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ (लोट्, Imperative/benedictive), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Eka-vacana; parasmaipada

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Caturthī (4th/चतुर्थी) or Ṣaṣṭhī (6th/षष्ठी) Eka-vacana; here with namaḥ = Dative (to you)

• śrīvarāhaḥ: Śrī Varāha
• śrīvarāhaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī + varāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya: śrīmān varāhaḥ; Masculine, Prathamā, Eka-vacana

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, Perfect), Prathama-puruṣa, Eka-vacana; parasmaipada

• tīrthaiḥ: by the tīrthas
• tīrthaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahu-vacana

• stutaḥ: praised
• stutaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (क्त, past passive participle); Masculine, Prathamā, Eka-vacana

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Prathamā, Eka-vacana

• vasudhe: O Earth
• vasudhe: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Sambodhana, Eka-vacana

• vacanam: a statement/word
• vacanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Dvitīyā, Eka-vacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Neuter, Dvitīyā, Eka-vacana

• abruvam: I said/spoke
• abruvam: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, Aorist/Imperfect past), Uttama-puruṣa, Eka-vacana; parasmaipada

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Dialogue
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves the common Purāṇic dialogue architecture (speaker tags like ‘uvāca’) valuable for manuscript segmentation and oral-performance cues.

Which geographic location is identified?

The immediate verse addresses Vasudhā (Earth) rather than a site; Mathurā is established as the setting in the surrounding verses of the same chapter.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes accountable speech in response to communal praise—an ethic of measured reply within a dialogic teaching format.