Varaha Purana 73.46: Adhyaya 73, Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा हरिर्मेघः स्वयं भूत्वा महेश्वरम् । उज्जहार जलात् तस्माद् वाक्यं छेदमुवाच ह ॥ ७३.४६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 73.46

Transliteration

evam uktvā harir meghaḥ svayaṁ bhūtvā maheśvaram | ujjahāra jalāt tasmād vākyaṁ chedam uvāca ha || 73.46 ||

Translation

ఇలా చెప్పి హరి స్వయంగా మేఘరూపం ధరించి, ఆ నీటిలోనుండి మహేశ్వరుణ్ని పైకి ఎత్తాడు; అనంతరం ఒక నిర్ణయాత్మక వాక్యాన్ని పలికాడు।

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रिया-विशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), अर्थ: उक्त्वा = having said

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• मेघः: (as) a cloud
• मेघः: Kartṛsāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-सामानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण (apposition to हरिः)

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-viseshana (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रकर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), अर्थ: having become

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; घटक: महा + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• उज्जहार: lifted up / drew out
• उज्जहार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• जलात्: from the water
• जलात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; निर्देश (from that)

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• छेदम्: a cutting interruption / break
• छेदम्: Karma (कर्म; appositive/qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; वाक्यस्य विशेषणवत् (as qualifier: ‘cutting/interrupting’)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed/forsooth
• ह: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/narrative)

Speaker

Varāha (Hari/Viṣṇu) — narrative voice implied

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Intertext

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: cosmological imagery (water and cloud) and inter-deity interaction are used to frame theological and ethical discourse, while preserving a mythic account of restoration after inundation.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit geographic toponym appears in this verse; the setting is described generically as “the waters” (jala), a cosmological motif rather than a named terrestrial site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse primarily functions as narrative transition rather than explicit moral teaching; implicitly it foregrounds restoration and rescue—an archetype later used in Purāṇic literature to support themes of protection, stewardship, and recovery of the world from destabilizing conditions.