Varaha Purana 136.22: Adhyaya 136, Shloka 22

A Sūtra-like Manual of Expiations for Ritual Transgressions

Devanagari script

किमिदं तिष्ठसे रुद्र कश्मलेन समावृतः ॥ त्वं कर्त्ता च विकर्त्ता च विकाराकार एव च

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 136.22

Transliteration

kim idaṃ tiṣṭhase rudra kaśmalena samāvṛtaḥ || tvaṃ karttā ca vikarttā ca vikārākāra eva ca

Translation

اے رُدر، تم اس طرح کیوں کھڑے ہو، الجھن کے پردے میں ڈھکے ہوئے؟ تم ہی کرنے والے ہو اور بدلنے والے بھی؛ بلکہ تم ہی تغیر کی صورت اور ساخت ہو۔

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Word by Word

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (कर्म) / predicate interrogative
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative pronoun; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative (प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular; with ‘idam’ as interrogative phrase

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (कर्म) / predicate demonstrative
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Demonstrative pronoun; Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• tiṣṭhase: you stand/remain
• tiṣṭhase: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Tinganta; Laṭ-lakāra (present), Madhyama-puruṣa (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular; Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• rudra: O Rudra
• rudra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन/8), Singular

• kaśmalena: with delusion/impurity
• kaśmalena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaśmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular

• samāvṛtaḥ: covered/enveloped
• samāvṛtaḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (descriptive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-āvṛ (धातु) → samāvṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Kridanta, past passive participle (क्त); Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with implied ‘tvam’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun; Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular

• kartā: creator/doer
• kartā: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agent noun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• vikartā: destroyer/undoer
• vikartā: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vi + kartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agent noun with prefix vi-

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

• vikārākāraḥ: the form of transformation/change
• vikārākāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता) (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vikāra + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vikārasya ākāraḥ’ / ‘vikāra-ākāra’; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) / emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, emphatic particle (निपात)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya, conjunction

Speaker

Varāha (default framework)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava Intertext

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a philosophical idiom where divine agency is framed through categories of action and transformation, resonating with broader Sanskrit metaphysical discourse.

Which geographic location is identified?

No location is referenced here.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse critiques being overwhelmed by confusion (kaśmala) and urges recognition of one’s inherent capacities and responsibilities.