Varaha Purana 22.32: Adhyaya 22, Shloka 32

Gaurī’s Rebirth, Umā’s Austerities, Rudra’s Test, and the Himalayan Wedding

Pūrva Bhāga · Narrative Dialogue (Marriage/Alliance Motif)

Devanagari script

ततो मामब्रवीद् देवः पाणिग्रहणमागताम् । भवती देवि मा किञ्चिद् विचारय तपोधने ॥ २२.३२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 22.32

Transliteration

tato mām abravīd devaḥ pāṇigrahaṇam āgatām | bhavatī devi mā kiñcid vicāraya tapodhane || 22.32 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

แล้วเทพเจ้าตรัสกับข้าพเจ้า ผู้มาถึงเพื่อพิธีจับมือสมรสว่า “โอ้เทวี ผู้เป็นขุมทรัพย์แห่งตบะ อย่าได้ไตร่ตรองสิ่งใดเลย”

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Word by Word

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरं (then)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रम)
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• माम्: me
• Type: Noun
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)

• देवः: the god
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• पाणि-ग्रहणम्: hand-taking (marriage)
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (object of āgatām)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: पाणि-ग्रहण (प्रातिपदिक; पाणि + ग्रहण)

• आगताम्: having come (as one who came)
• Type: Adjective
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; माम् इति कर्मविशेषणम् (qualifies 'me')
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)

• भवती: you (lady)
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम (honorific 'you')
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle), लोट्/विधिलिङ् सह (do not)
• Role: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Root: मा (अव्यय)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययवत् सामान्यतः (anything)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: किञ्चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• विचारय: consider/ponder
• Type: Verb
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense (consider/ponder)
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु) → विचारय (णिच्)

• तपोधने: O treasure of austerity
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुवचनान्त-रूपेणापि दृश्यते, अत्र सम्बोधनम्
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: तपो-धन (प्रातिपदिक; तपस् + धन)

Sandhi Notes

• मामब्रवीद् = माम् + अब्रवीत्
• पाणिग्रहणमागताम् = पाणिग्रहणम् + आगताम्

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Shringara rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Approaching a marriage-rite context; mentally hesitant/considering (implied by 'do not deliberate')

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Dharma-pravṛtti (right action without vacillation)

Subjects

EthicsSocial CustomsDialogue Literature

Core idea

When dharma is clear (saṃskāra/rite), excessive saṅkalpa-vikalpa (overthinking) should be dropped in favor of timely action.

In practice

In life-decisions aligned with dharma and elders’ counsel, act decisively rather than postponing through doubt.

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Sanskrit Philology
• Cultural Heritage

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a classical Sanskrit narrative register in which pāṇigrahaṇa (“hand-taking”) functions as a technical term for marriage, reflecting social-ritual vocabulary common across Purāṇic and Dharmaśāstra-adjacent literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a dialogue line associated with a ritual-social situation rather than a tīrtha or place description.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The line conveys an instruction to refrain from hesitation or over-deliberation at a decisive moment, framed through respectful address and the idiom of authoritative counsel in dialogue.