Varaha Purana 113.33: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 33

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Pūrva Bhāga · Pṛthivī-uddhāra (Earth’s appeal and recourse to Viṣṇu)

Devanagari script

अनन्तशयने देवं शयानं योगशायिनम् ।। ततः कमलपत्राक्षी नानाभरणभूषिता

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 113.33

Transliteration

anantaśayane devaṃ śayānaṃ yogaśāyinam || tataḥ kamalapatrākṣī nānābharaṇabhūṣitā

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

پھر اُس نے اننت پر شایان دیوتا کو دیکھا—یوگک نیند میں آرام فرما، شایانِ یوگ؛ اس کے بعد کنول کی پنکھڑی جیسے نینوں والی دیوی، گوناگوں زیورات سے آراستہ، آگے بڑھی۔

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Word by Word

• अनन्तशयने: on Ananta’s couch
• Type: Noun
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अनन्तस्य शयनम्)
• Role: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Root: अनन्त + शयन (प्रातिपदिक)

• देवम्: the god (Vishnu)
• Type: Noun
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
• Role: कर्म (Karma)
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• शयानम्: lying
• Type: Verb
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘lying’
• Role: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Root: शी (धातु)

• योगशायिनम्: reclining in yogic sleep
• Type: Adjective
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (योगेन शायी)
• Role: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Root: योग + शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमसूचक (from there/then)
• Role: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)

• कमलपत्राक्षी: she whose eyes are like lotus-petals
• Type: Noun
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (कमलपत्रे इव अक्षिणी यस्याः)
• Role: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Root: कमल + पत्र + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)

• नानाभरणभूषिता: adorned with various ornaments
• Type: Adjective
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (नानैः आभरणैः भूषिता)
• Role: कर्तृविशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
• Root: नाना + आभरण + भूषित (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from भूष्)

Sandhi Notes

• अनन्तशयने = अनन्त + शयने
• कमलपत्राक्षी = कमल + पत्र + अक्षी
• नानाभरणभूषिता = नाना + आभरण + भूषिता

Speaker and setting

Adbhuta and Shringara rasaSetting: Cosmic realm

Speaker

Narrator (implicit; descriptive passage within the dialogue frame)

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

She listens

Her state of mind

Awe-struck, reverent, approaching

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Contemplative theology / iconographic meditation

Subjects

CosmologyIconographyLiterary Description

Core idea

Darśana of the Lord in yogic repose stabilizes the mind; the cosmos rests on the infinite (Ananta) upheld by the supreme.

In practice

Use Ananta-śayana visualization for dhyāna: contemplate steadiness, support, and the Lord’s effortless sovereignty amid worldly burden.

Symbolism of the boar

Mathura and Krishna

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇava Iconography
• Purāṇic Poetics
• Mythic Cosmology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents iconographic motifs (Ananta-śayana, yoga-śayana) that shaped later temple art and devotional literature, providing textual anchors for art-historical comparison.

Which geographic location is identified?

No terrestrial location is specified; the setting is a cosmological/imaginal space associated with Ananta (Śeṣa).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Implicitly, it models disciplined approach—transitioning from distress to a composed, reverential encounter with the source of protection.