Varaha Purana 95.65: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 65

The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power

Devanagari script

नवकोट्यस्तु चामुण्डा भेदभिन्ना व्यवस्थिताः । या रौद्री तामसी शक्तिः सा चामुण्डा प्रकीर्तिता ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 95.65

Transliteration

navakoṭyastu cāmuṇḍā bhedabhinna vyavasthitāḥ | yā raudrī tāmasī śaktiḥ sā cāmuṇḍā prakīrtitā ||

Translation

చాముండా దేవి తొమ్మిది కోటులుగా భేదభిన్నమై యథావిధిగా స్థితిచెందినదని చెప్పబడుతుంది. రౌద్రీయైన, తామస స్వరూపమైన ఆ శక్తియే ‘చాముండా’ అని ప్రకటించబడింది।

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Word by Word

• nava-koṭyaḥ: nine crores (of)
• nava-koṭyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nava + koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); dvigu ‘nine crores’

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis

• cāmuṇḍāḥ: Cāmuṇḍās (forms of the goddess)
• cāmuṇḍāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन)

• bheda-bhinnāḥ: divided by differences
• bheda-bhinnāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bheda + bhinna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa ‘split by distinctions’

• vyavasthitāḥ: are established/arranged
• vyavasthitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ava + sthā (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with cāmuṇḍāḥ

• yā: which (she who)
• yā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• raudrī: fierce/pertaining to Rudra
• raudrī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies śaktiḥ

• tāmasī: tāmasic (of tamas)
• tāmasī: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāmasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); qualifies śaktiḥ

• śaktiḥ: power/energy
• śaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• sā: that (she)
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• cāmuṇḍā: (is) Cāmuṇḍā
• cāmuṇḍā: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• prakīrtitā: is proclaimed/called
• prakīrtitā: Kriyā (क्रिया/predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra + kīrt (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate with sā

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue frame)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Śākta Taxonomy
• Guṇa Theory

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a classificatory impulse—enumerating forms of a goddess/power—useful for tracing how Purāṇic texts systematize local and pan-Indic divine names into taxonomies.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse is taxonomic and doctrinal.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily provides a structured vocabulary for describing qualities (tāmasī) and names (Raudrī/Chāmuṇḍā).