Varaha Purana 29.3: Adhyaya 29, Shloka 3

The Birth and Marriages of the Direction-Goddesses and the Daśamī Observance

Pūrva Bhāga · Pr̥thivī-uddhāra / Narrative Continuation (Dialogue Frame)

Devanagari script

एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य अवकाशं प्रजास्विह । प्रादुर्बभूवुः श्रोत्रेभ्यः दश कन्या महाप्रभाः ॥ २९.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 29.3

Transliteration

evaṃ cintayatastasya avakāśaṃ prajāsviha | prādurbabhūvuḥ śrotrebhyaḥ daśa kanyā mahāprabhāḥ || 29.3 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

เมื่อพระองค์ทรงครุ่นคิดดังนี้และแสวงหาช่องทางท่ามกลางสรรพชีวิต ณ ที่นี้ ก็พลันมีธิดาสิบองค์ผู้รุ่งเรืองยิ่ง ปรากฏออกจากโสต (หู) ของพระองค์โดยฉับพลัน

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: evam (अव्यय)

• cintayataḥ: (of him) thinking
• Type: Verb
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, causative stem), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of him thinking’
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/qualifier)
• Root: cint (चिन्त् धातु, णिच्)

• tasya: of him
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)

• avakāśam: space/opportunity
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: avakāśa (अवकाश प्रातिपदिक)

• prajāsu: among the creatures
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Root: prajā (प्रजा प्रातिपदिक)

• iha: here
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)
• Role: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/देश)
• Root: iha (इह अव्यय)

• prādur: manifestly/into appearance
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय, प्रादुर्भाववाचक (adverb: manifestly/into view)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: prādur (प्रादुर् अव्यय)

• babhūvuḥ: appeared/became
• Type: Verb
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), तृतीयपुरुष, बहुवचन
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)

• śrotrebhyaḥ: from the ears
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, बहुवचन
• Role: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Root: śrotra (श्रोत्र प्रातिपदिक)

• daśa: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/प्रातिपदिक; बहुवचनार्थे विशेषण
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: daśa (दश संख्या)

• kanyāḥ: maidens/daughters
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: kanyā (कन्या प्रातिपदिक)

• mahāprabhāḥ: of great splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (महती प्रभा यस्याः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: mahā (महा) + prabhā (प्रभा)

Sandhi Notes

• prajāsviha = prajāsu + iha (u+i→vi by sandhi/orthographic convention: -su iha → -sviha)
• prādurbabhūvuḥ = prādur + babhūvuḥ (often written together)

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasaSetting: Cosmic

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Path

Cosmology

Subjects

Mythic NarrativeCosmologyEmbodied Symbolism

Tags

• Classical Sanskrit Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Mythic Genealogy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: sudden manifestation (prādurbhāva) used to introduce new agents into the storyline, reflecting the genre’s mythic-cosmological imagination rather than linear historiography.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition describing an event rather than a place.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse does not directly state an ethical rule; its philosophical content is implicit, emphasizing causality through intention/thought (cintā) leading to consequential manifestation within the narrative world.