Varaha Purana 21.69: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 69

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari–Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Devanagari script

भगाक्षिसंस्फोटनदक्षकर्मा गृहाण भागं मखतः प्रधानम् । प्रसीद देवेश्वर नीलकण्ठ प्रपाहि नः सर्वगुणोपपन्न ॥ २१.७० ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 21.69

Transliteration

bhagākṣi-saṁsphoṭana-dakṣa-karmā gṛhāṇa bhāgaṁ makhataḥ pradhānam | prasīda deveśvara nīlakaṇṭha prapāhi naḥ sarva-guṇopapanna || 21.70 ||

Translation

โอ้ผู้มีการกระทำอันทรงฤทธิ์ที่ทำให้ดวงตาของภคะแตกออก ขอทรงรับส่วนอันประเสริฐแห่งยัญนี้ โอ้จอมเทพ นีลกัณฐะ ขอทรงเมตตา และขอทรงคุ้มครองพวกข้าพเจ้า พระองค์ผู้เพียบพร้อมด้วยคุณความดีทั้งปวง

Ask anything about this verse...Ask

Word by Word

• भगाक्षिसंस्फोटनदक्षकर्मा: (you) whose act was skillful in destroying Bhaga’s eyes
• भगाक्षिसंस्फोटनदक्षकर्मा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भग-अक्षि-संस्फोटन-दक्ष-कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; भग + अक्षि + संस्फोटन + दक्ष + कर्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘भगस्य अक्ष्णोः संस्फोटने दक्षं कर्म यस्य’ (whose deed is skillful in bursting out Bhaga’s eyes)

• गृहाण: accept; take
• गृहाण: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √ग्रह् = to take/accept

• भागम्: share; portion
• भागम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मखतः: from the sacrifice
• मखतः: Apadana (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘from the sacrifice’

• प्रधानम्: chief; foremost
• प्रधानम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies भागम्)

• प्रसीद: be pleased
• प्रसीद: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग प्र-

• देवेश्वर: O Lord of gods
• देवेश्वर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; देव + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् ईश्वरः’

• नीलकण्ठ: O blue-throated one
• नीलकण्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नील-कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; नील + कण्ठ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रपाहि: protect
• प्रपाहि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग प्र-; √पा = to protect (पालने)

• नः: us; our
• नः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Beneficiary)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic); ‘of us/our’ (often used for ‘us’)

• सर्वगुणोपपन्न: O one endowed with all virtues
• सर्वगुणोपपन्न: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-गुण-उपपन्न (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + गुण + उपपन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘सर्वैः गुणैः उपपन्नः’ (endowed with all qualities)

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default attribution; explicit speaker not provided in excerpt)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Śaiva Traditions
• Vedic-Purāṇic Ritual Discourse

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves a Purāṇic style of ritual invocation (stuti) that integrates older sacrificial terminology (makha, bhāga) with later mythic epithets of Śiva (Nīlakaṇṭha), illustrating continuity and reinterpretation of Vedic ritual language in Purāṇic literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site-name appears explicitly in this verse; it is primarily a liturgical address centered on ritual offering and divine protection.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds a philosophical instruction of humility and responsibility in ritual action: acknowledging a higher moral authority (deveśvara) and seeking protection through orderly offering and restraint rather than coercion.