Varaha Purana 96.4: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

समुद्रमध्ये रत्नाढ्यं पुरमस्ति महावनम् । तत्र राजा स दैत्येन्द्रः सर्वदेवभयङ्करः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.4

Transliteration

samudramadhye ratnāḍhyaṃ puram asti mahāvanam | tatra rājā sa daityendraḥ sarvadevabhayaṅkaraḥ ||

Translation

กลางมหาสมุทรมีนครหนึ่งอุดมด้วยรัตนะ (ล้อมด้วย) พนไพรใหญ่ ที่นั่นเจ้าแห่งไทตยะทรงครองราชย์ เป็นที่ครั่นคร้ามแก่เทพทั้งปวง

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Word by Word

• समुद्र-मध्ये: in the middle of the ocean
• समुद्र-मध्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (समुद्रस्य मध्ये)

• रत्न-आढ्यम्: rich in jewels
• रत्न-आढ्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रत्नैः आढ्यम्) — विशेषणम् (पुरम्)

• पुरम्: city
• पुरम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• महा-वनम्: a great forest
• महा-वनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महत् वनम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: that/he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ सर्वनाम

• दैत्य-इन्द्रः: lord of the demons
• दैत्य-इन्द्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः)

• सर्व-देव-भयङ्करः: terrifying to all the gods
• सर्व-देव-भयङ्करः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + भयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां देवानां भयङ्करः) — विशेषणम् (दैत्येन्द्रः)

Speaker

Varāha (continuation context)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Sacred Geography
• Mythic Topography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a mythic topography—an oceanic city—useful for mapping Purāṇic spatial imagination and its symbolic geographies.

Which geographic location is identified?

A non-specific “city in the middle of the ocean” is described; it is mythic rather than a verifiable historical site.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

No explicit instruction is stated; the verse establishes the setting and power dynamics for the ensuing narrative.