Varaha Purana 24.5: Adhyaya 24, Shloka 5

The Birth of the Nāgas, Brahmā’s Curse, and the Pañcamī Observance

Devanagari script

तस्य दाक्षायणी भार्या कद्रूर्नाम शुचिस्मिता । मारीचो जनयामास तस्यां पुत्रान् महाबलान् ॥ २४.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 24.5

Transliteration

tasya dākṣāyaṇī bhāryā kadrūr nāma śucismitā | mārīco janayām āsa tasyāṁ putrān mahābalān || 24.5 ||

Translation

พระชายาของท่านคือทักษายณี นามว่า กัทรู ผู้มีรอยยิ้มอันบริสุทธิ์ มรีจิได้ให้กำเนิดบุตรผู้มีกำลังยิ่งใหญ่จากนางนั้น

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/his
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter) सर्वनाम

• दाक्षायणी: Dākṣāyaṇī
• दाक्षायणी: विशेष्य (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाक्षायणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कद्रूः: Kadrū
• कद्रूः: विशेष्य (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: सम्बन्ध (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), नामार्थक-निपात (particle indicating name)

• शुचिस्मिता: having a pure smile
• शुचिस्मिता: विशेषण (Adjectival to कद्रूः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि + स्मित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समास (descriptive)

• मारीचः: Mārīca
• मारीचः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जनयामास: begot/caused to be born
• जनयामास: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिजन्त (Causative)

• तस्याम्: in her
• तस्याम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative: in her)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine) सर्वनाम

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• महाबलान्: very strong
• महाबलान्: विशेषण (Adjectival to पुत्रान्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय-समास

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative voice; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Genealogies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic method of organizing cosmological and cultural memory through genealogies, linking figures (e.g., Marīci, Dakṣa’s lineage) across multiple Sanskrit narrative corpora.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic site is named in this verse; it is genealogical and person-focused rather than place-focused.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily functions as lineage documentation within a broader cosmological narrative framework.