Varaha Purana 95.17: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 17

The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power

Devanagari script

पाशाङ्कुशधराः सर्वाः सर्वाः पीनपयोधराः । सर्वाः शूलधराः भीमाः सर्वाश्चापधराः शुभाः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 95.17

Transliteration

pāśāṅkuśadharāḥ sarvāḥ sarvāḥ pīnapayodharāḥ | sarvāḥ śūladharā bhīmāḥ sarvāścāpadharāḥ śubhāḥ ||

Translation

เทพีทั้งปวงทรงบาศและอังกุศ; ทุกองค์ทรงอุระอิ่มเต็ม. ทุกองค์น่าเกรงขามทรงศูล และทุกองค์เป็นมงคลทรงคันธนู.

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Word by Word

• pāśa-aṅkuśa-dharāḥ: bearing noose and goad
• pāśa-aṅkuśa-dharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅkuśa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Prathamā (प्रथमा) Bahuvacana; bahuvr̥tti-viśeṣaṇa: 'bearing noose and goad'

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• sarvāḥ: all (indeed)
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana (punarukti for emphasis)

• pīna-payo-dharāḥ: full-breasted
• pīna-payo-dharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīna (प्रातिपदिक) + payas (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana; viśeṣaṇa: 'having full breasts'

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• śūla-dharāḥ: spear-bearing
• śūla-dharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana; 'bearing spears/tridents'

• bhīmāḥ: terrible
• bhīmāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-nipāta (समुच्चय-निपात) conjunction

• āpa-dharāḥ: (textual) āpa-bearing / (intended) bow-bearing
• āpa-dharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpa/āpaḥ? (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana; pāṭhāntara-sandhi: 'cāpa-dharāḥ' intended (bow-bearing); here from text 'āpadharāḥ' treated as compound

• śubhāḥ: auspicious, splendid
• śubhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā Bahuvacana

Speaker

Varāha (default narrative frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Śākta Iconography
• Sanskrit Epic Narrative
• Classical Literature

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a standardized Purāṇic iconographic vocabulary (weapons, attributes, and epithets) useful for dating and comparing goddess imagery across Sanskrit textual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named in this verse; it is descriptive/iconographic rather than topographical.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No direct ethical maxim is stated; the verse primarily catalogues symbolic attributes associated with divine protection and martial order.