Varaha Purana 96.63: Adhyaya 96, Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

संवत्सरेण लभते राज्यं निष्कण्टकं नृपः ॥ एषां त्रिशक्तिरुद्दिष्टा नयसिद्धान्तगामिनी ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 96.63

Transliteration

saṃvatsareṇa labhate rājyaṃ niṣkaṇṭakaṃ nṛpaḥ || eṣāṃ triśaktir uddiṣṭā nayasiddhāntagāminī

Translation

ภายในหนึ่งปี กษัตริย์นั้นย่อมได้ราชอาณาจักรที่ไร้หนาม คือปราศจากความเดือดร้อนและศัตรูคู่แข่ง สำหรับเรื่องเหล่านี้ได้ชี้แจง “ตรีศักติ” คือพลังสามประการ อันนำเข้าสู่หลักนยะ (นโยบายอันถูกต้อง) และสิทธานตะที่ตั้งมั่น

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Word by Word

• saṃvatsareṇa: within a year; by (the lapse of) a year
• saṃvatsareṇa: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे (instrumental of time-span)

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• niṣkaṇṭakam: free of thorns/obstacles; trouble-free
• niṣkaṇṭakam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣ + kaṇṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (नञ्/निष्-पूर्वक); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; rājyam इति विशेषण

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• eṣām: of these
• eṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस; षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• tri-śaktiḥ: threefold power
• tri-śaktiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (संख्यापूर्वपद); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uddiṣṭā: has been indicated; declared
• uddiṣṭā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uddiṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √diś)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) from उद् + √दिश्; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; triśaktiḥ इति विशेषण

• naya-siddhānta-gāminī: leading to the principles of polity
• naya-siddhānta-gāminī: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naya + siddhānta + gāminī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (बहुपद); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; triśaktiḥ इति विशेषण; ‘leading to the doctrine/principle of polity’

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional narrative voice; default framework: Varāha→Pṛthivī context)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Political Thought
• Varāha Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links ritual observance with political stability using the idiom of naya (policy), showing how Purāṇic literature can overlap with dharma- and polity-discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is specified.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames stable governance (niṣkaṇṭaka rājya) as connected to disciplined practice and principled conduct (naya).