Varaha Purana 182.28: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 28

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

पूर्वोक्तेनैव मन्त्रेण दद्यत्प्रापणकं बुधः ॥ प्रापणान्ते चाचमनं दद्याद्देहविशुद्धये ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 182.28

Transliteration

pūrvoktenaiva mantreṇa dadyāt prāpaṇakaṁ budhaḥ || prāpaṇānte cācamanaṁ dadyād dehaviśuddhaye ||

Translation

Mit eben jenem zuvor genannten Mantra soll der Weise das prāpaṇa darbringen. Und am Ende des prāpaṇa soll man ācamana, das rituelle Schlürfen von Wasser, zur Reinigung des Körpers vollziehen.

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Word by Word

• पूर्वोक्तेन: with the previously stated
• पूर्वोक्तेन: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (मन्त्रेण इति सह विशेषण)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• मन्त्रेण: by the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रापणकम्: the prāpaṇaka offering
• प्रापणकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāpaṇaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बुधः: the wise person
• बुधः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: budha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रापण-अन्ते: at the end of the prāpaṇa
• प्रापण-अन्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāpaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्त-शब्द)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• आचमनम्: sipping (ritual water)
• आचमनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ācāmana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• देह-विशुद्धये: for purification of the body
• देह-विशुद्धये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक) + viśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructional voice)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies
• Śauca (Purity)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It links offering practice with purification (ācamana), illustrating how Purāṇic ritual manuals integrate bodily discipline into the concluding stages of worship.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is mentioned.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Cleanliness and self-regulation: bodily purification is treated as a component of responsible ritual performance.