Varaha Purana 73.18: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 18

Rudra’s Hymn: Vision of Nārāyaṇa, the Emergence of the Ādityas, and the Mutual Boon of Hari and Hara

Devanagari script

समस्तविश्वार्थिहाराय शम्भवे सहस्रसूर्यानिलतिग्मतेजसे । समस्तविद्याविधृताय चक्रिणे समस्तगीर्वाणनुते सदाऽनघ ॥ ७३.१८ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 73.18

Transliteration

samastaviśvārthihārāya śambhave sahasrasūryānilatigmatejase | samastavidyāvidhṛtāya cakriṇe samastagīrvāṇanute sadā'nagha || 73.18 ||

Translation

సమస్త లోక దుఃఖాలను హరించే శంభువుకు నమస్కారం; ఆయన తేజస్సు సహస్ర సూర్యుల వలె, వాయువుల వలె తీక్ష్ణమైంది. సమస్త విద్యలను ధరించిన చక్రధారికి నమస్కారం; సమస్త దేవతలు నిత్యం స్తుతించే నిర్దోషుడా.

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Word by Word

• samasta: all, entire

• viśva: world, universe

• ārti: distress, affliction

• hāra: remover

• śambhu/śambhava: Śiva (beneficent one)

• sahasra: thousand

• sūrya: sun

• anila: wind

• tigma: sharp, keen

• tejas: radiance, energy

• samasta: all

• vidyā: knowledge, learning

• vidhṛta: upheld, borne

• cakrin: discus-wielder (epithet also used for Viṣṇu)

• gīrvāṇa: god, divine being (deva)

• nute: (is) praised

• sadā: always

• anagha: faultless, sinless

Speaker

Varāha (default, as speaker is not explicit in the provided fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇa
• Sanskrit Stotra
• Classical Literature
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Shared Epithets

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic stotra-style composition, where a deity is praised through dense epithets and cosmic imagery (e.g., “thousand suns”), reflecting a common literary mode for framing narrative authority and devotional orientation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it functions as a hymn of praise rather than a sacred-geography reference.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds the ideal of alleviating universal suffering (“remover of the world’s afflictions”) and presents faultlessness (anagha) as a normative spiritual attribute, expressed in a non-prescriptive, laudatory form.