Varaha Purana 30.2: Adhyaya 30, Shloka 2

The Origin of Dhanada (Kubera) from Vāyu and the Observance of the Ekādaśī Vow

Devanagari script

आद्यं शरीरं यत् तस्मिन् वायुरन्तः स्थितोऽभवत् । प्रयोजनान्मूर्त्तिमत्त्वमादिष्टं क्षेत्रदेवता ॥ ३०.२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 30.2

Transliteration

ādyaṁ śarīraṁ yat tasmin vāyur antaḥ sthito 'bhavat | prayojanān mūrttimattvam ādiṣṭaṁ kṣetradevatā || 30.2 ||

Translation

ในกายดั้งเดิมนั้น วายุได้สถิตอยู่ภายใน. เพื่อประโยชน์แห่งหน้าที่ จึงทรงกำหนดให้มีความเป็นรูปกาย (มูรติมัตตวะ)—ดังนี้เป็นพระบัญชาของเทวะแห่งเกษตร.

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Word by Word

• ādyaṁ: first/primeval
• ādyaṁ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• śarīram: body
• śarīram: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• tasmin: in that (in it)
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• vāyuḥ: wind
• vāyuḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• antaḥ: inside/within
• antaḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: antaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: क्रियाविशेषण/देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• sthitaḥ: situated/standing
• sthitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धाातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies vāyuḥ)

• abhavat: became/was
• abhavat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• prayojanāt: from purpose/for a reason
• prayojanāt: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prayojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• mūrttimattvam: corporeality/embodiment
• mūrttimattvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrti + mat (मतुप्) + tva (त्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; भाववाचक (abstract noun)

• ādiṣṭam: was enjoined/commanded
• ādiṣṭam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√diś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘enjoined/ordered’

• kṣetradevatā: the deity of the field (Kṣetradevatā)
• kṣetradevatā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra + devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kṣetrasya devatā)

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in the fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Cosmology
• Kṣetra Traditions

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic idiom in which sacred places (kṣetra) are conceptualized as having presiding agencies (kṣetra-devatā) and where embodiment is explained through functional cosmology (e.g., vāyu as an inner sustaining principle).

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific toponym is named in this isolated verse; it refers generically to a kṣetra (sacred field/place) and its presiding deity.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

An implicit philosophical instruction is that place and embodiment are treated as purposeful (prayojana-based) structures—supporting a cultural-heritage view in which sacred geography is approached with care and attentiveness rather than as inert space.