Varaha Purana 96.33: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

सर्वाः शूलधरा भीमाः सर्वाश्चापधराः शुभाः ॥ ताः स कटीशो देव्यस्तदेवेष्टय संस्थिताः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.33

Transliteration

sarvāḥ śūladharā bhīmāḥ sarvāś cāpadharāḥ śubhāḥ || tāḥ sa kaṭīśo devyas tad-eveṣṭaya saṃsthitāḥ ||

Translation

ทั้งหมดน่าสะพรึงกลัว ถือศูลตรีศูล; และทั้งหมดเป็นมงคล ถือคันธนู เหล่าเทวีเหล่านั้นยืนล้อมอยู่รอบบริเวณเอวของนาง (ข้อความอ่านไม่แน่ชัด)

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Word by Word

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

• śūladharāḥ: bearing tridents/spears
• śūladharāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śūla + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; (śūlaṃ dharanti iti)

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

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

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

• āpadharāḥ: bearing bows
• āpadharāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āpa + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pāṭhāntara-saṃbhava: cāpadharāḥ = cāpa-dharāḥ (bow-bearers). Here IAST shows cāpadharāḥ; analyzed as cāpa+dhara.

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

• tāḥ: those (women)
• tāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• kaṭīśaḥ: lord of the waist/hips (epithet; uncertain referent)
• kaṭīśaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṭīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

• devyaḥ: goddesses
• devyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; pāṭha-saṃdeha: devyas = devyaḥ

• tad: that
• tad: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक, सर्वनाम)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā/Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; next compound qualifier

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avadhāraṇa-avyaya (अवधारण, emphatic particle)

• iṣṭaye: for the sacrifice/rite
• iṣṭaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: iṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Caturthī (4th), Ekavacana; yajña/iṣṭi (sacrifice)

• saṃsthitāḥ: stood/positioned
• saṃsthitāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: Kta-participle; Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tāḥ/devyaḥ iti viśeṣaṇam

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Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Narrative
• Iconography
• Textual Criticism

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

The verse preserves weapon-iconography vocabulary used to classify divine attendants in Purāṇic narrative and later visual traditions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identification occurs.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Protection is portrayed as organized and collective—an ordered formation around the central protector.