Varaha Purana 96.19: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 19

The Threefold Power: The Raudrī Observance and the Manifestation of Chāmuṇḍā

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा रुरुच सबमसुरेन्द्र निपातितम् ॥ स्तुतिं चकार भगवान् स्वयं देवस्रिलोचनः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.19

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā ruruca sabamasurendra nipātitam || stutiṃ cakāra bhagavān svayaṃ devasrilocanaḥ ||

Translation

ครั้นเห็นราชาอสูรถูกโค่นลงแล้ว พระผู้เป็นเจ้าเทวศรีโลจนะก็ทรงรจนาบทสรรเสริญด้วยพระองค์เอง

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Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• ruruca: shone / became radiant
• ruruca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ruc (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sabam: (unclear)
• sabam: Anirdhārita (अनिर्धारित)
• Type: Noun
• Root: (पाठदोष/अस्पष्ट)
• Form: रूपं अनिश्चितम्; सम्भाव्यं 'śabam/śavam' (corpse) इत्यादि—मूलपाठ-शुद्धिः अपेक्षा

• asura-indra: O lord of the asuras
• asura-indra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा एकवचन (Vocative/Nominative sg; context suggests संबोधन); तत्पुरुषः—'asurāṇām indraḥ'

• nipātitam: fallen / brought down
• nipātitam: Karma (कर्म/Object; of dṛṣṭvā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + pat (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; 'fallen/struck down'

• stutim: praise (hymn)
• stutim: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• cakāra: made / performed
• cakāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• deva-śrī-locanaḥ: he whose eyes have divine splendor
• deva-śrī-locanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता; apposition to bhagavān)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + śrī + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'yasya locane devaśrīḥ' / 'devaśriyā locanaṃ yasya' (he whose eyes are endowed with divine splendor); पाठे 'devasrilocanaḥ' = devaśrīlocanaḥ

Speaker

Varāha (default narrator framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Stotra Tradition
• Classical Sanskrit

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It shows the Purāṇic convention where a crisis resolves into a stuti, reflecting the literary role of hymns as catalysts for narrative resolution.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier is present.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds gratitude and acknowledgment after a turning point, framed through the act of praise.