Varaha Purana 113.22: Adhyaya 113, Shloka 22

Hymn to Varāha and Pṛthivī’s Inquiry

Prelude to the Sanatkumāra Dialogue

Devanagari script

पुनर्निःक्षत्ररूपेण त्वया अहं विकृता पुरा ॥ जामदग्न्येन रामेण त्वया दृष्टा सकृत्प्रभो

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 113.22

Transliteration

punarniḥkṣatrarūpeṇa tvayā ahaṃ vikṛtā purā || jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa tvayā dṛṣṭā sakṛtprabho

Translation

又一次，以使世间“无刹帝利”的形相，你昔日使我发生变化；而我也曾由阇摩达格尼之子罗摩（Rāma Jāmadagnya）得见一次，噢主宰。

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Word by Word

• punar: again
• punar: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• niḥ-kṣatra-rūpeṇa: in the kṣatriya-less form (Paraśurāma form)
• niḥ-kṣatra-rūpeṇa: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niḥ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + kṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘kṣatra-rahitaṃ rūpam’ (niḥ = ‘without’)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartā (कर्ता) in passive construction / Agent (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (युष्मद्), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• aham: I
• aham: Karma (कर्म) in passive construction (patient as subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (अस्मद्), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vikṛtā: was altered / transformed
• vikṛtā: Kriyā (क्रिया) — passive predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: vikṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; vi-√kṛ धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); passive predicate with ‘aham’ (speaker feminine)

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kālādhi-karaṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of time (कालवाचक)

• jāmadagnyena: by Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• jāmadagnyena: Kartā (कर्ता) in passive construction / Agent (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• rāmeṇa: by Rāma
• rāmeṇa: Kartā (कर्ता) in passive construction / Agent (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to ‘jāmadagnyena’

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartā (कर्ता) in passive construction / Agent (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (युष्मद्), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• dṛṣṭā: was seen
• dṛṣṭā: Kriyā (क्रिया) — passive predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dṛś धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); passive predicate with ‘aham’ understood

• sakṛt: once
• sakṛt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sakṛt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• prabho: O Lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Pṛthivī

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaishnavism
• Dharma-shastra Reception
• Kṣatriya Ideals

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects the Purāṇic habit of summarizing multiple avatāra episodes, which helps trace how later compendia organized earlier heroic cycles into a theological-ethical framework.

Which geographic location is identified?

No explicit place-name occurs; the focus is on social-cosmic transformation rather than a specific region.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse gestures toward the idea that social power must be regulated; when warrior authority becomes destructive, corrective intervention is narrated as restoring balance.