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Varaha Purana 89.18: Adhyaya 89, Shloka 18

The Hierarchy of the Trimūrti and the Manifestation of the Goddess Trikalā

अन्यच्च कारणं देवि त्रिवर्णा असि वरानने । मूर्तित्रयं त्रिभिर्वर्णैः कुरु देवि स्वकं द्रुतम् ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 89.18

anyac ca kāraṇaṁ devi trivarṇā asi varānane | mūrtitrayaṁ tribhir varṇaiḥ kuru devi svakaṁ drutam ||

ఇంకొక కారణం ఉంది, హే దేవీ, హే వరాననే: నీవు త్రివర్ణావు; కాబట్టి మూడు వర్ణాలతో నీ స్వంత త్రివిధ మూర్తిని త్వరగా నిర్మించు.

अन्यत्another (thing)
अन्यत्:
Karta (कर्ता; implied ‘there is’)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘another (thing/reason)’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक
कारणम्reason/cause
कारणम्:
Pratijna-predicative (वाक्यांश-निर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootकारण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन
त्रिवर्णाthree-colored
त्रिवर्णा:
Prashna-predicative (विधेय/subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; द्विगु-समास
असिare
असि:
Kriya (क्रिया/copula)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट्; मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वराननेO fair-faced one
वरानने:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootवर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन; कर्मधारय (‘beautiful-faced’)
मूर्तित्रयम्the three forms
मूर्तित्रयम्:
Karma (कर्म/obj)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (‘a triad of forms’)
त्रिभिःby/with three
त्रिभिः:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंस; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
वर्णैःcolors
वर्णैः:
Karana (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (Instrumental); बहुवचन
कुरुmake/do
कुरु:
Kriya (क्रिया/command)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन; एकवचन
स्वकम्your own
स्वकम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘मूर्तित्रयम्’)
द्रुतम्quickly
द्रुतम्:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय-प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Brahmā and other deities (contextual)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
I
Iconography
V
Vaishnavism

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It is valuable for the history of Indic iconographic thought: color and form are explicitly mapped to a triadic manifestation, aiding comparative study with later ritual and visual traditions.

No geographic identification occurs in this verse.

The verse frames purposeful differentiation—adapting form to function—as a pragmatic principle within cosmic administration.

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