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Varaha Purana 21.83: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 83

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

गृहीतायां तु कन्यायां दाक्षायण्यां पितामहः । ददौ रुद्रस्य निलयं कैलासं सुरसन्निधौ ॥ २१.८४ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 21.83

gṛhītāyāṃ tu kanyāyāṃ dākṣāyaṇyāṃ pitāmahaḥ | dadau rudrasya nilayaṃ kailāsaṃ surasannidhau || 21.84 ||

เมื่อธิดาดากษายณีถูกรับไว้แล้ว ปิตามหะได้ประทานที่ประทับแก่พระรุทระ คือเขาไกรลาส ณ ที่ใกล้ชุมนุมเหล่าเทพ

gṛhītāyāmwhen (she) had been accepted
gṛhītāyām:
Saptamī-absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु) + ta (क्त)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) used in locative absolute; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन)
tuthen/indeed
tu:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात), contrast/emphasis
kanyāyāmin the maiden (being so)
kanyāyām:
Saptamī-absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); with gṛhītāyām forms locative absolute
dākṣāyaṇyāmin Dākṣāyaṇī (Dakṣa’s daughter)
dākṣāyaṇyām:
Saptamī-absolute (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdākṣāyaṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); patronymic ‘daughter of Dakṣa’
pitāmahaḥthe Grandfather (Brahmā)
pitāmahaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा) Singular (एकवचन); refers to Brahmā
dadaugave
dadau:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Singular (एकवचन), parasmaipada; from √dā (दा)
rudrasyaof Rudra / for Rudra’s
rudrasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootrudra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular (एकवचन)
nilayamabode/dwelling
nilayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnilaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन)
kailāsamKailāsa
kailāsam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular (एकवचन); in apposition to ‘nilayam’
sura-sannidhauin the presence of the gods
sura-sannidhau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक) + sannidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी) Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘in the presence of the gods’

Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in this fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
S
Sacred Geography
Ś
Śaiva-Vaiṣṇava Shared Traditions

FAQs

The verse reflects a common Purāṇic motif in which major deities receive defined cosmic abodes, linking genealogical episodes (e.g., Dakṣa’s lineage through Dākṣāyaṇī) to the sacralization of specific landscapes such as Kailāsa.

Kailāsa (Kailāsa Mountain), a renowned sacred-geographical locus in Indic literature, often associated with the Himalayan region in later cultural and scholarly identifications.

Rather than a direct moral injunction, the verse communicates a cultural-philosophical principle: sacred space is established through cosmological order and relational duties, framing certain landscapes as heritage sites embedded in narrative memory.

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