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Varaha Purana 33.5: Adhyaya 33, Shloka 5

The Origin of Rudra, the Disruption of Dakṣa’s Sacrifice, and the Establishment of Paśupati

इत्युक्तमात्रः सलिले ममज्जमग्ने ससर्जात्मभवाय दक्षः । कस्थे तदा देववरे वितेनुः सृष्टिं तु ते मानसाः ब्रह्मजाताः ॥ ३३.५ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 33.5

ity uktamātraḥ salile mamajja magne sasarjātmabhavāya dakṣaḥ | kasthe tadā devavare vitenuḥ sṛṣṭiṃ tu te mānasā brahmajātāḥ || 33.5 ||

یہ بات کہتے ہی دکش پانی میں ڈوب کر غرق ہوا اور آتم بھو (برہما) کے لیے مخلوقات کی پیدائش کرنے لگا۔ پھر دیو-شریشٹھ کے حکم سے وہ مانس پُتر، برہما سے پیدا شدہ، تخلیق کے عمل کو پھیلاتے گئے۔

itithus
iti:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्य-समाप्ति सूचक
ukta-mātraḥhaving been merely told
ukta-mātraḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootukta + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण ('only just spoken/so addressed')
salilein the water
salile:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsalila (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
mamajjasank, immersed
mamajja:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootmajj (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
magnewhen (he was) submerged
magne:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण; locative absolute)
TypeAdjective
Rootmagna (प्रातिपदिक; from majj)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (locative absolute sense with salile)
sasarjacreated, emitted
sasarja:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
ātma-bhavāyafor the Self-born (Brahmā)
ātma-bhavāya:
Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान/Dative recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootātma-bhava (प्रातिपदिक; ātman + bhava)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन
dakṣaḥDakṣa
dakṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
kastheon a raft/wood (place)
kasthe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkastha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (reading: कस्थे = काष्ठे/कस्थे 'on/in wood/raft' as locus)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla (काल/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
deva-varein/for the best of gods
deva-vare:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva-vara (प्रातिपदिक; deva + vara)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधन/अधिकरणार्थ (locative: 'in/at the best of gods')
vitenuḥthey spread/extended
vitenuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roottan (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि-
sṛṣṭimcreation
sṛṣṭim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
tuindeed/but
tu:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयबोधक (particle: 'but/indeed')
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
mānasāḥmind-born
mānasāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण
brahma-jātāḥborn of Brahmā
brahma-jātāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbrahman + jāta (प्रातिपदिक; brahma + jāta)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Varāha (default, speaker not explicit in fragment)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Cosmology
V
Vaishnavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

FAQs

It reflects a standard Purāṇic cosmogonic motif in which creation proceeds through intermediary progenitors (e.g., Dakṣa) and mind-born lineages, illustrating how later Sanskrit compendia systematized earlier mythic genealogies into a structured account of sṛṣṭi (creation).

No specific toponym is identified in this verse; the setting is described generically as 'in the waters' (salile), a common cosmogonic locale rather than a mapped pilgrimage site.

The verse primarily conveys a philosophical-cosmological principle rather than a direct ethical injunction: creation is portrayed as an ordered, delegated process aligned with a higher directive (the 'excellent deity'), emphasizing cosmic order and continuity.

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