Varaha Purana 89.22: Adhyaya 89, Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

या सा कृष्णेन वर्णेन रौद्री मूर्त्तिस्त्रिशूलिनी । दंष्ट्राकरालिनी देवी सा संहरति वै जगत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 89.22

Transliteration

yā sā kṛṣṇena varṇena raudrī mūrttis triśūlinī | daṁṣṭrākarālinī devī sā saṁharati vai jagat ||

Translation

కృష్ణవర్ణంతో ఉన్న, త్రిశూలధారిణి అయిన రౌద్రీ మూర్తి—భయంకర దంష్ట్రలతో కూడిన ఆ దేవి నిజంగా జగత్తును సంహరిస్తుంది॥

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Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative Singular

• sā: that (she)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative Singular

• kṛṣṇena: with black (color)
• kṛṣṇena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental Singular (used as color-substance)

• varṇena: by color
• varṇena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental Singular

• raudrī: fierce/pertaining to Rudra
• raudrī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular; epithet

• mūrttiḥ: form
• mūrttiḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular

• triśūlinī: trident-bearing
• triśūlinī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: triśūlinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular; tatpuruṣa: “having a trident (tri-śūla)”

• daṁṣṭrā-karālinī: terrible-fanged
• daṁṣṭrā-karālinī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daṁṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक) + karālinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular; tatpuruṣa: “terrible with fangs”

• devī: goddess
• devī: Karta (कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative Singular

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Feminine, Nominative Singular

• saṁharati: destroys/withdraws
• saṁharati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṁ-hṛ (धातु)
• Form: Verb; Laṭ (present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person Singular

• vai: indeed
• vai: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; particle (निपात)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative Singular

Speaker

Narrator (default dialogue frame: Varāha as instructor)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Cosmological Cycles
• Śaiva Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standard Purāṇic tri-functional schema by explicitly assigning dissolution (saṁhāra) to a Raudrī form, supporting thematic indexing of cyclical cosmology across Purāṇas.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse underscores cosmic balance: dissolution is presented as a necessary function within cycles, not merely as negation.