Varaha Purana 44.3: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 3

The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits

Pūrva Bhāga · Vaiṣṇava Iconography and Divine Epithets (Contextual Catalogue)

Devanagari script

क्षत्रान्तकाय च भुजौ मणिकण्ठाय कण्ठकम् । स्वनाम्ना शङ्खचक्रौ तु शिरो ब्रह्माण्डधारिणे ॥ ४४.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 44.3

Transliteration

kṣatrāntakāya ca bhujau maṇikaṇṭhāya kaṇṭhakam | svanāmnā śaṅkhacakrau tu śiro brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe || 44.3 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

ท่านได้มอบแขนทั้งสองแก่กษัตรานตกะ มอบเครื่องประดับคอแก่มณิกัณฐะ และมอบสังข์กับจักระตามนามของตน ๆ อีกทั้งมอบศีรษะแก่ผู้ทรงแบกพรหมาณฑะ (จักรวาล)

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Word by Word

• kṣatrāntakāya: to the destroyer of the kṣatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (kṣatra-antaka ‘destroyer of kṣatriyas’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: kṣatra + antaka (प्रातिपदिक)

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: ca (अव्यय)

• bhujau: the two arms
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), द्विवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: bhuja (प्रातिपदिक)

• maṇikaṇṭhāya: to the jewel-necked one
• Type: Noun
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (maṇi-kaṇṭha ‘jewel-throated / having a jeweled neck’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: maṇi + kaṇṭha (प्रातिपदिक)

• kaṇṭhakam: the neck/throat region
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: kaṇṭhaka (प्रातिपदिक)

• sva-nāmnā: by (uttering) his own name
• Type: Noun
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-nāman ‘one’s own name’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (nāmnā)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)

• śaṅkha-cakrau: the conch and the discus
• Type: Noun
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (śaṅkha-cakra ‘conch and discus’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), द्विवचन
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: śaṅkha (प्रातिपदिक) + cakra (प्रातिपदिक)

• tu: indeed/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय (particle; emphasis)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• śiraḥ: the head
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (śiraḥ = acc. sg.)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)

• brahmāṇḍadhāriṇe: to the bearer of the universe
• Type: Noun
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (brahmāṇḍa-dhārin ‘bearer of the cosmic egg/universe’), पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: brahmāṇḍa + dhārin (प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• svanāmnā is treated as sva-nāmnā (compound)
• śaṅkhacakrau analyzed as dvandva

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Path

Theology/iconology

Subjects

IconographyCosmologyTheology (descriptive, non-prescriptive)

Core idea

Divine form as cosmic support; emblems and limbs as meaningful, name-bearing powers.

In practice

Use iconographic contemplation (dhyāna) to internalize the Lord as the bearer of the universe and as present in sacred symbols (śaṅkha-cakra).

Symbolism of the boar

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic-style catalogue of epithets and emblematic body-part/attribute associations, useful for studying the development of Vaiṣṇava iconography and naming conventions in Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse fragment; the content is primarily iconographic and cosmological (e.g., brahmāṇḍa as the 'cosmic egg').

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical injunction is stated here; the verse functions descriptively, organizing divine epithets and symbolic attributes rather than prescribing conduct.