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Varaha Purana 124.7: Adhyaya 124, Shloka 7

Ritual Observances Aligned with the Seasons

Seasonal Devotional Procedure

यत्तु पृच्छसि सुश्रोणि मासे वैशाख उत्तमे ॥ शुक्लपक्षे तु द्वादश्यां यत्फलं तच्छृणुष्व मे ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 124.7

yattu pṛcchasi suśroṇi māse vaiśākha uttame || śuklapakṣe tu dvādaśyāṃ yatphalaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me ||

Was aber du fragst, o Schönhüftige: im vortrefflichen Monat Vaiśākha, am zwölften Tag (dvādaśī) der hellen Monatshälfte—höre von mir die Frucht (jener Observanz).

यत्what/that which
यत्:
कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
तुindeed/but
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
पृच्छसिyou ask
पृच्छसि:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
सुश्रोणिO fair-hipped lady
सुश्रोणि:
सम्बोधन (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसुश्रोणि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (सु-श्रोणिः = शोभनश्रोणिः यस्याः सा)
मासेin the month
मासे:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
वैशाखेin Vaiśākha
वैशाखे:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उत्तमेexcellent/supreme
उत्तमे:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (मासे/वैशाखे)
शुक्लपक्षेin the bright fortnight
शुक्लपक्षे:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्लपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (शुक्लः पक्षः)
तुand/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्ध (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात
द्वादश्याम्on the twelfth lunar day
द्वादश्याम्:
अधिकरण (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
यत्-फलम्what result (fruit)
यत्-फलम्:
कर्म/विषय (विषयः)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (यत् फलम् = whatever fruit/result)
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देशक सर्वनाम
शृणुष्वlisten (to it)
शृणुष्व:
क्रिया (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative); आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
मेto me/of me
मे:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (सम्बन्धः)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative singular enclitic)

Varāha (instructor; implied continuation; vocative addressed to the inquirer)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Dialogue
V
Vaiṣṇavism

FAQs

It shows the dialogic pedagogy of Purāṇic literature: the teacher frames the next instruction by restating the question and specifying calendrical parameters (Vaiśākha, bright fortnight, dvādaśī).

No geographic location is named; the verse specifies ritual time rather than place.

The verse underscores attentive listening and structured learning—receiving guidance about practice and its consequences within a teacher–inquirer dialogue.

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