Varaha Purana 55.33: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 33

Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha

Devanagari script

कृतं त्वया देव सुरासुराणां संकीर्त्यतेऽसौ च अनन्तमूर्ते । सृष्ट्यर्थमेतत् तव देव विष्णो न चेष्टितं कूटगतस्य तत्स्यात् ॥ ५५.३३ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 55.33

Transliteration

kṛtaṃ tvayā deva surāsurāṇāṃ saṃkīrtyate 'sau ca anantamūrte | sṛṣṭyartham etat tava deva viṣṇo na ceṣṭitaṃ kūṭagatasya tat syāt || 55.33 ||

Translation

โอ้เทพผู้มีมูรติอันไม่สิ้นสุด กิจที่พระองค์ทรงกระทำเกี่ยวกับเหล่าเทวะและอสูรนั้นถูกสรรเสริญกล่าวขาน โอ้พระวิษณุผู้เป็นเทพ กิจนี้มีไว้เพื่อความมุ่งหมายแห่งการสร้างสรรค์ มิอาจนับเป็นการกระทำของผู้สถิตมั่นเป็นกูฏัสถะในอว்யกตได้

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Word by Word

• कृतम्: (the deed) done
• कृतम्: कर्म/भाव (Karma/Action-noun)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘done/made’ (context: ‘deed’)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: करण/कर्तृ-करण (Instrument/Agent-instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सुरासुराणाम्: of gods and demons
• सुरासुराणाम्: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वः—सुराश्च असुराश्च

• संकीर्त्यते: is proclaimed, is sung
• संकीर्त्यते: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• असौ: that (act/that one)
• असौ: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अनन्तमूर्ते: O one of infinite forms
• अनन्तमूर्ते: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—अनन्ता मूर्तिः यस्य (epithet)

• सृष्ट्यर्थम्: for creation’s sake
• सृष्ट्यर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose/Hetu)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत्; ‘for the purpose of creation’

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म/विशेष्य (Object/Referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• चेष्टितम्: (mere) activity/effort
• चेष्टितम्: कर्म/भाव (Action-noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेष्ट् (धातु) → चेष्टित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘effort/act’

• कूटगतस्य: of one established in the unchanging (absolute)
• कूटगतस्य: षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कूट (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कूटे गतः (one who has entered the ‘peak’/the unmanifest; i.e., fixed in the absolute)

• तत्: that
• तत्: अनुवाद्य (Correlative/Referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Varāha (default speaker within Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sanskrit
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Indian Philosophy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a common Purāṇic synthesis in which Viṣṇu is described as both transcendent (beyond change) and immanent (active for cosmic creation), offering a textual witness to medieval-era theological-philosophical discourse in Sanskrit narrative literature.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal—on creation (sṛṣṭi) and the nature of divine action.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames purposeful action as legitimate when directed toward sustaining cosmic order (creation and maintenance), contrasting it with inaction associated with the unmanifest state; ethically, it supports responsibility-oriented action aligned with broader welfare.