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Varaha Purana 25.5: Adhyaya 25, Shloka 5

The Birth of Ahaṅkāra as Guha/Skanda and His Appointment as Divine Commander

तत्संयोगादहंकारः स च सेनापतिर्गुहः । तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु राजन् महामते ॥ २५.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 25.5

tatsaṃyogād ahaṃkāraḥ sa ca senāpatir guhaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu rājan mahāmate || 25.5 ||

จากการประสานนั้น อะหังการะ (ความรู้สึกว่า ‘เรา’) บังเกิดขึ้น และเกี่ยวเนื่องกับคุหะ ผู้เป็นจอมทัพแห่งหมู่เทพ; เราจักกล่าวถึงกำเนิดของท่าน—ขอพระราชาผู้มีปัญญายิ่งจงสดับเถิด।

तत्-संयोगात्from that conjunction/union
तत्-संयोगात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् + संयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समासः—तस्य संयोगः (genitive tatpuruṣa); अपादान (ablative)
अहङ्कारःahaṃkāra (ego)
अहङ्कारः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअहङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सःhe/that
सः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
चand
च:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
सेनापतिःcommander of the army
सेनापतिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसेनापति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
गुहःGuha (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
गुहः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; स्कन्द-नाम
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
उत्पत्तिम्origin/production
उत्पत्तिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
प्रवक्ष्यामिI shall explain
प्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वच् (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
महा-मतेO great-minded one
महा-मते:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमहत् + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि—महती मतिः यस्य सः (O great-minded one)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
S
Sanskrit Philology
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It reflects a Purāṇic method of linking philosophical categories (such as ahaṃkāra) with mythic figures, presenting cosmological doctrine through narrative genealogy addressed to a royal interlocutor.

No geographic location is specified in this verse; the focus is cosmological and genealogical rather than topographical.

The verse primarily signals a pedagogical instruction—careful listening and inquiry in the transmission of cosmological knowledge—rather than a direct ethical rule.

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