Varaha Purana 113.25: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 25

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

सृष्ट्वा किमादिशः सर्वां न प्राज्ञायते किंचन ॥ न वाति पवनस्तत्र न चैवाग्निर्ज्वलत्यपि

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.25

Transliteration

sṛṣṭvā kimādiśaḥ sarvāṃ na prājñāyate kiṃcana || na vāti pavanastatra na caivāgnirjvalatyapi

Translation

ساری سृष्टی رچ کر یہ پورا جگت کیسا ہے؟ کچھ بھی ادراک میں نہیں آتا؛ وہاں نہ ہوا چلتی ہے اور نہ ہی آگ جلتی ہے۔

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Word by Word

• sṛṣṭvā: having created
• sṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), from √sṛj; ‘having created’

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; interrogative pronoun

• ādiśaḥ: of what kind / how-formed
• ādiśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ādiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; adjective used predicatively

• sarvām: entire / all
• sarvām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying an implied feminine noun (e.g., sṛṣṭiṃ)

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

• prājñāyate: is understood / is known
• prājñāyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); ‘is known/understood’

• kiṃcana: anything
• kiṃcana: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; indefinite pronoun ‘anything’

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

• vāti: blows
• vāti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vā (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘blows’

• pavanaḥ: wind
• pavanaḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb of place (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• na: not
• 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)

• eva: indeed / even
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (निपात)

• agniḥ: fire
• agniḥ: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• jvalati: burns
• jvalati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jval (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; ‘burns’

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

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Cosmogony
• Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It records a cosmological topos—an unmanifest or inert condition—shared across Indian cosmogonic literature, useful for comparative studies of creation theories.

Which geographic location is identified?

No earthly location is indicated; the setting is a cosmological ‘there’ (tatra) describing pre-manifest conditions.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it emphasizes epistemic humility: before order emerges, ordinary categories of experience (wind/fire) do not apply.