Varaha Purana 95.37: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 37

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

Devanagari script

अन्याः सूतिगृहे छिद्रं गृह्णीयुस्तत्र पूजिताः । निवसिष्यन्ति देवेशि तथान्या जातहारिकाः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 95.37

Transliteration

anyāḥ sūtigṛhe chidraṃ gṛhṇīyus tatra pūjitāḥ | nivasiṣyanti deveśi tathānyā jātahārikāḥ ||

Translation

ส่วนอื่น ๆ เมื่อได้รับการบูชาที่นั่นแล้ว จะยึดช่องโหว่ในห้องอยู่ไฟ; และข้าแต่เทวีผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งเทพทั้งหลาย ยังมีพวกอื่น—ผู้ลักพาทารกแรกเกิด—จะเข้ามาพำนักอยู่ที่นั่น

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Word by Word

• anyāḥ: others (women/ones)
• anyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• sūti-gṛhe: in the maternity room
• sūti-gṛhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūti (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga (neuter), Saptamī vibhakti (Locative/7th), Ekavacana (singular); saptamī-tatpuruṣa: sūteḥ gṛhe = in the lying-in room

• chidram: a hole; an opening
• chidram: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chidra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsakaliṅga (neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (singular)

• gṛhṇīyuḥ: should take; should seize
• gṛhṇīyuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: Vidhiliṅ (optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (plural), parasmaipada

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• pūjitāḥ: worshipped; honored
• pūjitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: past passive participle (kta/क्त), Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• nivasiṣyanti: will dwell; will reside
• nivasiṣyanti: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vas (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ (simple future/लुट्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (plural), parasmaipada

• deveśi: O goddess, ruler of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (singular)

• tathā: thus; likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; prakāra-avyaya (manner adverb)

• anyāḥ: other (ones)
• anyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural)

• jāta-hārikāḥ: newborn-stealers; child-snatching (female beings)
• jāta-hārikāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from jan) + hārikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Bahuvacana (plural); tatpuruṣa: jātaṃ haranti iti = those who carry off newborns

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests Rudra addressing Devī; default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī not applicable here due to explicit Rudra-stuti context)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Śaiva-Śākta Narrative Layer
• Ritual and Protection
• Textual Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a Purāṇic register of protective concerns surrounding childbirth, reflecting older South Asian ritual/folk categories (e.g., beings associated with harm to infants) as embedded in literary Sanskrit.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic toponym is named in this verse; the setting is domestic (sūtigṛha, the lying-in chamber).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage foregrounds vigilance and protective care for vulnerable life stages (childbirth and infancy) within a ritualized cultural framework.