Varaha Purana 124.19: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 19

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Devanagari script

देवाः काङ्क्षन्ति ते देव वाराहीं रूपसंस्थितिम् ॥ त्वन्नियोगनियुक्ताश्च तदर्थं लोकभावन ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 124.19

Transliteration

devāḥ kāṅkṣanti te deva vārāhīṃ rūpasaṃsthitim || tvanniyoganiyuktāś ca tadarthaṃ lokabhāvana ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า เหล่าเทพปรารถนาการปรากฏในรูปวาราหี (รูปหมูป่าศักดิ์สิทธิ์) และข้าแต่ผู้ทรงอุปถัมภ์โลก พวกเขาถูกแต่งตั้งตามพระบัญชาของพระองค์เพื่อกิจนั้น

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Word by Word

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kāṅkṣanti: desire, long for
• kāṅkṣanti: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kāṅkṣ (काङ्क्ष् धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); enclitic pronoun

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• vārāhīm: the Varāhī (boar-form)
• vārāhīm: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vārāhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• rūpa-saṃsthitim: the form/embodiment (configuration)
• rūpa-saṃsthitim: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa + saṃsthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: rūpasya saṃsthitiḥ

• tvat-niyoga-niyuktāḥ: appointed by your command
• tvat-niyoga-niyuktāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvat + niyoga + niyukta (प्रातिपदिक; niyukta from नि+युज्)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); compound: tvat-niyoga (your command) + niyukta (appointed); agrees with devāḥ

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• tad-artham: for that purpose
• tad-artham: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially; accusative-form frozen as indeclinable: tadartham = 'for that purpose'

• loka-bhāvana: O sustainer of the worlds
• loka-bhāvana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + bhāvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: lokān bhāvayati iti (one who sustains/causes the worlds to thrive)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (Vasundharā)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mythic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents the Purāṇic framing of divine action as a response to cosmic need and collective appeal, a recurring motif in early medieval Sanskrit narrative traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is specified here; the verse focuses on the gods’ intention and the requested manifestation.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds responsibility and delegated duty: beings act in accordance with a mandate oriented toward collective welfare (lokabhāvana).