Varaha Purana 144.7: Adhyaya 144, Shloka 7

The Māhātmya of Someśvara and Related Liṅgas: The Liberation-Field of Triveṇī and the Śālagrāma Sacred Landscape

Devanagari script

तस्या गर्भे महाभागे भविष्यामि न संशयः ॥ वासुदेव इति ख्यातो देवानामरिमर्दनः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 144.7

Transliteration

tasyā garbhe mahābhāge bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || vāsudeva iti khyāto devānām arimardanaḥ ||

Translation

ในครรภ์ของนางผู้มีมหาภาคะนั้น เราจักอุบัติขึ้นโดยแน่นอน ปราศจากความสงสัย จักเป็นที่รู้จักว่า ‘วาสุเทวะ’ ผู้ปราบศัตรูแห่งเหล่าเทวะ

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Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-सम्बन्ध (genitive feminine)

• गर्भे: in (the) womb
• गर्भे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• महाभागे: in the illustrious (womb)
• महाभागे: अधिकरण-विशेषण (Qualifier of location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण गर्भे; समासः महा + भाग (कर्मधारय)

• भविष्यामि: I shall be / I will become
• भविष्यामि: क्रिया (Verb; speaker as agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not / no
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject of implied 'asti')
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'न संशयः' = नास्ति संशयः (elliptic)

• वासुदेव: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेव: संज्ञा/उपपद-सम्बन्ध (Name in quotation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम; 'इति'पूर्वक-उद्धरण (quoted name)

• इति: thus
• इति: उद्धरण (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ख्यातः: known/called
• ख्यातः: कर्ता-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) + त (क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (known/called)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अरिमर्दनः: crusher of enemies
• अरिमर्दनः: कर्ता (Apposition to vāsudevaḥ implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरी- मर्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: अरिणां मर्दनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework; first-person statement retained as in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Theology
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Textual Tradition

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies Purāṇic self-referential narration where a divine or authoritative voice announces an incarnation/identity, a common literary device for integrating theology with genealogy.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is specified in this verse; it is focused on identity and destiny within the lineage account.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The ethical emphasis is framed through the ideal of protecting cosmic order—symbolized by “subduer of enemies”—rather than a direct moral command.