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Varaha Purana 94.44: Adhyaya 94, Shloka 44

The Birth of Mahiṣāsura and the Goddess’s Victory as Mahīṣamardinī

एवं वर्षसहस्राणि दश तस्य तया सह । दिव्यानि विगतानि स्युर्युध्यतस्तस्य शोभने । बभ्राम सकलं त्वाजौ ब्रह्माण्डं भीतमानसम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 94.44

evaṁ varṣasahasrāṇi daśa tasya tayā saha | divyāni vigatāni syur yudhyatas tasya śobhane | babhrāma sakalaṁ tv ājau brahmāṇḍaṁ bhītamānasam ||

హే శోభనే! ఆమెతో కలిసి యుద్ధం చేస్తూ అతనికి పదివేల దివ్య సంవత్సరాలు గడిచెను; ఆ సమరంలో భయాక్రాంతమనస్సుతో సమస్త బ్రహ్మాండం తూలిపోయెను.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
वर्ष-सहस्राणिthousands of years
वर्ष-सहस्राणि:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (neuter nom/acc plural)
दशten
दश:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया बहुवचनार्थे (numeral ‘ten’ qualifying varṣasahasrāṇi)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (genitive singular)
तयाwith her
तया:
Sahakāraka (सहकारक)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental singular)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahārtha (सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (postposition meaning ‘with’)
दिव्यानिdivine
दिव्यानि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (agreeing with varṣasahasrāṇi)
विगतानिelapsed / passed
विगतानि:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-गम् (धातु) → विगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन
स्युःwould be
स्युः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन
युध्यतःof (him) fighting
युध्यतः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुध् (धातु) → युध्यत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (genitive singular)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन
शोभनेO Śobhane (beautiful one)
शोभने:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootशोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन/सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (addressing ‘O Śobhane’)
बभ्रामwandered / roamed
बभ्राम:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रम् (धातु)
Formलिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सकलम्entire
सकलम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying brahmāṇḍam)
तुindeed / but
तु:
Sambandha-nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)
आजौin battle
आजौ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative singular)
ब्रह्माण्डम्the universe / cosmic egg
ब्रह्माण्डम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन
भीत-मानसम्with frightened mind / terrified
भीत-मानसम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (qualifying brahmāṇḍam)

Varāha (default dialogue framework; explicit speaker not marked in this verse)

P
Purāṇic Narrative
C
Classical Literature
Ś
Śākta Traditions
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: expressing mythic events through vast cosmic time (divine years) and universe-scale imagery (brahmāṇḍa), reflecting early medieval Sanskrit literary cosmology.

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the setting is the battlefield (ājau) framed at a cosmic scale (brahmāṇḍa).

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse emphasizes the gravity of disorder (cosmic fear) during prolonged conflict, a recurring Purāṇic motif that frames the restoration of stability as culturally valuable.

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