Varaha Purana 21.63: Adhyaya 21, Shloka 63

The Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, the Hari-Hara Conflict, and the Establishment of Rudra’s Sacrificial Share

Pūrva Bhāga · Śaiva Stotra and Deva-Dialogue Context

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तास्तु ते देवाः स्तोत्रं शम्भोर्महात्मनः । चक्रुः परमया भक्त्या नमस्कृत्य स्वयम्भुवे ॥ २१.६४ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 21.63

Transliteration

evamuktāstu te devāḥ stotraṃ śaṃbhormaḥātmanaḥ | cakruḥ paramayā bhaktyā namaskṛtya svayambhuve || 21.64 ||

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

یوں کہے جانے پر اُن دیوتاؤں نے مہاتما شَمبھُو کا ستوتر بنایا؛ اور سَویَمبھو کو سجدۂ تعظیم کر کے نہایت بھکتی سے یہ کیا۔

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Word by Word

• evam: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Role: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Root: evam (अव्यय)

• uktāḥ: having been addressed / told
• Type: Verb
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त-प्रत्यय) from √vac; Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)

• tu: then/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), particle (निपात)
• Role: Nipāta (निपात)
• Root: tu (अव्यय)

• te: those
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); pronoun
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• devāḥ: gods
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
• Role: Karta (कर्ता)
• Root: deva (देव प्रातिपदिक)

• stotram: hymn of praise
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: stotra (स्तोत्र प्रातिपदिक)

• śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: śambhu (शम्भु प्रातिपदिक)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); karmadhāraya: mahān ātmā yasya
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Root: mahātman (महात्मन् प्रातिपदिक)

• cakruḥ: they made / composed
• Type: Verb
• Form: Verb; Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada
• Role: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)

• paramayā: with supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); qualifying bhaktyā
• Role: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Root: parama (परम प्रातिपदिक)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karaṇa (करण)
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति प्रातिपदिक)

• namaskṛtya: having bowed
• Type: Verb
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय with -ya form), having saluted; indeclinable verbal form
• Role: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Root: namas + kṛ (नमस् + कृ धातु)

• svayambhuve: to Svayambhū (the self-born Lord)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: svayambhū (स्वयम्भू प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• एवमुक्तास्तु = एवम् + उक्ताः + तु (anusvāra/stop sandhi; visarga not shown)
• शम्भोर्महात्मनः = शम्भोः + महात्मनः (vowel sandhi)

Speaker and setting

Bhakti and Shanta rasa

Speaker

Varāha

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Devotional discipline

Subjects

Devotional LiteratureTheology (Śaiva elements within Purāṇic narrative)Ethics

Core idea

Bhakti is expressed through namaskāra and stotra; humility precedes effective praise.

In practice

Begin worship with praṇāma (ego-softening), then articulate stotra with focused devotion.

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇa Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Inter-sectarian Motifs

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a common Purāṇic narrative unit in which devas respond to a divine presence by composing a stotra, reflecting the circulation of hymn-literature within Purāṇic redactional layers.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic toponym appears in this verse; it focuses on ritualized praise and salutation rather than sacred geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse foregrounds disciplined reverence—expressed through praise (stotra) and respectful salutation—as a normative cultural practice within the narrative.