Varaha Purana 113.27: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 27

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

शनैश्चरो बुधो नात्र न चेन्द्रो धनदो यमः ॥ वरुणोऽपि न विद्येत नान्ये केचिद्दिवौकसः

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.27

Transliteration

śanaiścaro budho nātra na cendro dhanado yamaḥ || varuṇo'pi na vidyeta nānye keciddivaukasaḥ

Translation

Wala roon si Śanaiścara (Saturn) at si Budha (Mercury); wala rin sina Indra, Dhanada (Kubera), o Yama. Maging si Varuṇa ay hindi umiiral, ni sinumang iba pang nilalang na makalangit.

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• śanaiścaraḥ: Saturn (Śanaiścara)
• śanaiścaraḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śanaiścara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Saturn

• budhaḥ: Mercury (Budha)
• budhaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Mercury

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• atra: here/there (in that place)
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• dhanadaḥ: Kubera (giver of wealth)
• dhanadaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; Kubera

• yamaḥ: Yama
• yamaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), ‘also/even’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• vidyeta: would exist
• vidyeta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vid (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Ātmanepada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘would exist/be found’

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle (निषेध)

• anye: others
• anye: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘others’

• kecit: any/some
• kecit: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kecit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; indefinite pronoun ‘some’

• divaukasaḥ: celestials
• divaukasaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: divaukas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; ‘heaven-dwellers’

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Cosmogony
• Deva Taxonomy

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a hierarchical inventory of devas and cosmic regulators, helping scholars trace how Purāṇic texts conceptualize governance of the cosmos.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic place is named; the verse describes a condition in which even cosmic offices (Indra, etc.) are absent.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The passage relativizes authority: even the highest offices are depicted as conditional within cosmic cycles.