Varaha Purana 35.6: Adhyaya 35, Shloka 6

The Account of Soma’s Decline and Restoration, and the Paurṇamāsī Observance

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा क्षयं सोम आगमद् दक्षशापतः । देवा मनुष्याः पशवो नष्टे सोमे सवीरुधः ॥ ३५.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 35.6

Transliteration

evam uktvā kṣayaṃ soma āgamad dakṣaśāpataḥ | devā manuṣyāḥ paśavo naṣṭe some savīrudhaḥ || 35.6 ||

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว โสมก็เสื่อมลงด้วยอำนาจคำสาปของทักษะ เมื่อโสมร่อยหรอ เทพ มนุษย์ สัตว์ และพืชพรรณทั้งหลาย ต่างตกสู่ความพินาศ

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय

• उक्त्वा: having spoken
• उक्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-प्रयोग, पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• क्षयम्: decline / waning
• क्षयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सोमः: Soma
• सोमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आगमत्: went/entered (into)
• आगमत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• दक्षशापतः: because of Dakṣa’s curse / from Dakṣa’s curse
• दक्षशापतः: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (दक्षस्य शापः / Dakṣa's curse)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• नष्टे: when (Soma) was lost/vanished
• नष्टे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) / भावे-सप्तमी (locative absolute sense); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘when (he) had perished/was lost’

• सोमे: in Soma / when Soma
• सोमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध (locative: in/when Soma)

• सवीरुधः: together with plants/creepers
• सवीरुधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + वीरुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वीरुधः सह / along with plants/creepers)

Speaker

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

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Ancient Cosmology
• Environmental Interdependence

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of explaining cosmic and ecological instability through narrative causation (a curse leading to lunar diminution), illustrating how cosmology and environmental well-being are linked in Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is cosmic and ecological rather than tied to a particular sacred site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds interconnectedness: disruption at a cosmic level (Soma’s kṣaya) is portrayed as cascading into widespread harm for living beings and vegetation, encouraging a philosophical awareness of systemic consequence.