Varaha Purana 32.2: Adhyaya 32, Shloka 2

Dharma as the Bull-Form: Soma’s Transgression and the Institution of the Thirteenth Lunar Day Observance

Devanagari script

तस्य चिन्तयतस्त्वङ्गाद् दक्षिणाच्छ्वेतकुण्डलः । प्रादुर्बभूव पुरुषः श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः ॥ ३२.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 32.2

Transliteration

tasya cintayatas tvaṅgād dakṣiṇāc chvetakuṇḍalaḥ | prādurbabhūva puruṣaḥ śvetamālyānulepanaḥ || 32.3 ||

Translation

เมื่อท่านกำลังใคร่ครวญ จากกายด้านขวาของท่านได้ปรากฏบุรุษผู้สวมตุ้มหูสีขาว ประดับพวงมาลัยสีขาว และทาด้วยเครื่องหอมสีขาว.

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Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• चिन्तयतः: of (him) thinking / while thinking
• चिन्तयतः: Kāla-sambandha (कालसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तयत् (प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-कृदन्त from चिन्त्)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); ‘while (he) was thinking’

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/contrast

• अङ्गात्: from (his) body/limb
• अङ्गात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• दक्षिणात्: from the right (side)
• दक्षिणात्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of अङ्गात्

• श्वेतकुण्डलः: having white earrings
• श्वेतकुण्डलः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya-samāsa (कर्मधारय: श्वेतं कुण्डलं यस्य), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of पुरुषः

• प्रादुः: manifestly/into view
• प्रादुः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (अविर्भाववाचक-अव्यय)

• बभूव: appeared/came to be
• बभूव: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ-lakāra (लिट्, Perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• पुरुषः: a person
• पुरुषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः: with white garlands and unguents
• श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत + माल्य + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya-samāsa (कर्मधारय: श्वेतं माल्यं श्वेतम् अनुलेपनं च यस्य), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); adjective of पुरुषः

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in isolated verse)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative technique: beings or personified figures manifest from a central actor’s body during contemplation, reflecting early medieval Sanskrit mythic-cosmological storytelling and iconographic detail.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the content is descriptive and iconographic rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse primarily conveys cosmological/ritual imagery (white ornaments, garland, unguents) that may signal purity or auspiciousness in the narrative context.