Varaha Purana 55.47: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 47

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

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहाय भगवन् नूनं त्वं पुरुषोत्तमः । आगतोऽसि स्वरूपं मे दर्शयस्वाधुना हरे ॥ ५५.४७ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 55.47

Transliteration

anugrahāya bhagavan nūnaṁ tvaṁ puruṣottamaḥ | āgato ’si svarūpaṁ me darśayasvādhuṇā hare || 55.47 ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ด้วยพระกรุณาแน่แท้ พระองค์คือปุรุโษตตมะจึงเสด็จมา โอ้พระหริ ขอทรงสำแดงสวรูปแท้ของพระองค์แก่ข้าพเจ้าเดี๋ยวนี้

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Word by Word

• अनुग्रहाय: for (showing) favor; for grace
• अनुग्रहाय: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Purpose; 'for grace')
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely; indeed
• नूनम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Modal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन, मध्यम-पुरुषार्थ (2nd-person pronoun)

• पुरुषोत्तमः: Supreme Person
• पुरुषोत्तमः: कर्ता (Karta; predicate/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: 'पुरुषाणाम् उत्तमः'; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आगतः: come; arrived
• आगतः: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past active participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; with 'असि' forming periphrastic perfect-like sense

• असि: are
• असि: क्रिया (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• स्वरूपम्: (your) true form
• स्वरूपम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic) — here dative sense 'to me'

• दर्शयस्व: show
• दर्शयस्व: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense from stem दर्शय- (णिच्)

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: कालाधिकरण (Time adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Pṛthivī (default dialogue framework: the inquirer addressing Varāha/Hari)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary motif: a petitioner requests a direct vision (darśana) of the deity’s svarūpa, reflecting the text’s didactic use of dialogue to convey theology and devotional vocabulary.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; the focus is interpersonal dialogue and the request for darśana rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds humility and receptivity: the speaker frames the encounter as an act of grace (anugraha) and seeks truthful understanding (svarūpa-darśana) rather than asserting entitlement.