Varaha Purana 12.5: Adhyaya 12, Shloka 5

Supratīka’s Hymn to Rāma and the Granting of a Boon through Divine Manifestation

Pūrva Bhāga · Stuti and Cosmological Theology (Dialogue Frame: Varāha–Pṛthivī)

Devanagari script

भवान् शशी सूर्यहुताशनोऽसि त्वयि प्रलीनं जगदेतदुच्यते । भवत्प्रतिष्ठं रमते जगत् यतः स्तुतोऽसि रामेति जगत् प्रतिष्ठितम् ॥ १२.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 12.5

Transliteration

bhavān śaśī sūrya-hutāśano ’si tvayi pralīnaṁ jagad etad ucyate | bhavat-pratiṣṭhaṁ ramate jagad yataḥ stuto ’si rāmeti jagat pratiṣṭhitam || 12.5 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

พระองค์คือพระจันทร์ พระอาทิตย์ และหุตาศนะ (ไฟบูชายัญ). กล่าวกันว่าโลกทั้งปวงนี้ย่อมลับสลายรวมลงในพระองค์. เพราะโลกอาศัยพระองค์เป็นที่ตั้งมั่นและดำรงอยู่ จึงสรรเสริญพระองค์ว่า “รามะ”; โลกตั้งอยู่ในพระองค์เอง

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Word by Word

• bhavān: you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• śaśī: the moon
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicate noun
• Role: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक)

• sūrya-hutāśanaḥ: the sun and the fire
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; dvandva ‘sun and fire’ as predicates
• Role: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक) + hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)

• asi: you are
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: as (धातु)

• tvayi: in you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Pronoun, Saptamī (Loc. 7th), Ekavacana
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• pralīnam: merged; dissolved
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā (Nom./Acc.), Ekavacana; past participle ‘merged/dissolved’; agrees with jagat
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: pralīna (कृदन्त; pra-√lī)

• jagat: the world
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)

• etat: this
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā (Nom. 1st), Ekavacana; modifies jagat
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ucyate: is said
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana; passive ‘is said’
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: vac (धातु)

• bhavat-pratiṣṭham: resting on you
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; ‘having you as its support/foundation’; qualifies jagat
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)

• ramate: delights; thrives
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: ram (धातु)

• jagat: the world
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)

• yataḥ: because
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; causal relative adverb (‘because/for which reason’)
• Role: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Root: yataḥ (अव्यय)

• stutaḥ: praised
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past passive participle (kta); Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; with asi = ‘you are praised’
• Role: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Root: stu (धातु)

• asi: you are
• Type: Verb
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Parasmaipada, Madhyama-puruṣa, Ekavacana
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: as (धातु)

• rāma: Rāma
• Type: Noun
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; quoted name in iti-construction
• Role: Abhidhāna (अभिधान/Name)
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)

• iti: thus; as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya; quotative particle
• Role: Vākyārtha-bodhaka (वाक्यार्थबोधक)
• Root: iti (अव्यय)

• jagat: the world
• Type: Noun
• Form: Napुṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)

• pratiṣṭhitam: is established; is founded
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past passive participle (kta); Napuṃsaka, Prathamā, Ekavacana; agrees with jagat
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: prati-√sthā (धातु)

Sandhi Notes

• hutāśano ’si = hutāśanaḥ + asi
• jagad etad = jagat + etat
• stuto ’si = stutaḥ + asi
• rāmeti = rāma + iti
• bhavatpratiṣṭham = bhavat + pratiṣṭham

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Bhakti rasaSetting: Celestial/ritual cosmology

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

What she asks

How does the Lord function as both the luminaries/fire and the ultimate ground into which the cosmos dissolves and by which it is sustained—hence the name ‘Rāma’?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Theology of support and dissolution

Subjects

CosmologyTheology of dissolution and support (pralaya/pratiṣṭhā)Philosophical praise (stuti)

Core idea

The world depends on the Lord for stability and returns to him at dissolution; divine naming (‘Rāma’) encodes this sustaining delight and foundation.

In practice

Use daily encounters with sun/moon/fire (lamp, agnihotra imagery) as prompts for smaraṇa; cultivate steadiness by contemplating the divine as one’s ‘pratiṣṭhā’.

Symbolism of the boar

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a Purāṇic stuti style that synthesizes cosmology and theology by identifying a supreme principle as the basis of celestial bodies and sacrificial fire, reflecting the broader Purāṇic tendency to systematize metaphysical ideas through praise-poetry.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic site is named in this verse; its focus is cosmological (Moon, Sun, fire) rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse conveys a philosophical principle: the universe is portrayed as dependent on an underlying foundation (pratiṣṭhā), encouraging contemplation of cosmic order and the source of stability.