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Varaha Purana 60.8: Adhyaya 60, Shloka 8

The Rite of the Śāntivrata: A Yearlong Observance with Viṣṇu-on-Śeṣa and Nāga-Anganyāsa Worship

एवं यः कुरुते भक्त्या व्रतमेतन्नराधिपः । तस्य शान्तिर्भवेन्नित्यं नागानां न भयṃ तथा ॥ ६०.८ ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 60.8

evaṁ yaḥ kurute bhaktyā vratam etan narādhipaḥ | tasya śāntir bhaven nityaṁ nāgānāṁ na bhayaṁ tathā || 60.8 ||

وهكذا، يا ملكَ الرجال، من يؤدي هذا النذر بإخلاصٍ ينال سلامًا دائمًا؛ وكذلك لا يكون عليه خوفٌ من الناغا، كائنات الحيّات.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण
यःwho
यः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun, nominative singular
कुरुतेdoes/performs
कुरुते:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; 3rd person singular present
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular
व्रतम्vow/observance
व्रतम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally
नराधिपःO king (lord of men)
नराधिपः:
Sambodhana/Āmantrita (सम्बोधन/आमन्त्रित)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नराणाम् अधिपः)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular
शान्तिःpeace/appeasement
शान्तिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
भवेत्may be/should occur
भवेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 3rd person singular optative
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण); adverb
नागानाम्of serpents
नागानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural
not/no
:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक (adverb: likewise/also)

Varāha

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Dharma and Vows

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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic literary feature (phala-śruti), where the text summarizes the stated outcomes of a prescribed observance, reflecting how vow-practices were framed within didactic narrative traditions.

No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it focuses on the individual outcome of performing a vow rather than a place-based māhātmya.

The verse emphasizes disciplined observance of a prescribed vow undertaken with devotion, presenting inner peace (śānti) and freedom from fear as the principal philosophical outcomes.

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