Varaha Purana 182.3: Adhyaya 182, Shloka 3

Installation of a Stone Image

Ritual Procedure for Consecration

Devanagari script

शीघ्रमालिख्य तं तत्र श्वेतवर्तिकया नरः ॥ प्रदक्षिणां ततः कृत्वा पूजयेदक्षतादिभिः ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 182.3

Transliteration

śīghram ālikhya taṃ tatra śvetavartikayā naraḥ || pradakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā pūjayed akṣatādibhiḥ ||

Translation

Dort soll der Mensch es rasch mit weißer Kreide anzeichnen; dann, nachdem er die Pradakṣiṇā (rechtsherum Umwandlung) vollzogen hat, soll er es mit Akṣata (ungebrochenem Reis) und weiteren Gaben verehren.

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Word by Word

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक used adverbially)
• Form: Avyaya-kalpa (अव्ययवत्), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• ālikhya: having drawn
• ālikhya: Kriya (क्रियापूर्वक/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + likh (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), having drawn/inscribed

• tam: that (it)
• tam: Karma (कर्म/object of ālikhya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun referring to the figure/design

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place

• śveta-vartikayā: with a white chalk/marker
• śveta-vartikayā: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + vartikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); means/instrument

• naraḥ: a man/person
• naraḥ: Karta (कर्ता/agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• pradakṣiṇām: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇām: Karma (कर्म/object of kṛtvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (thereafter)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (क्रियापूर्वक/preceding action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), having done

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (क्रिया/prescription)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्, optative), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• akṣata-ādibhiḥ: with unbroken rice and the like
• akṣata-ādibhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣata (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ādi = etc.; means/instrument of worship

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Temple Ritual
• Icon Preparation
• Sacred Space

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a sequence of preparatory actions—marking, circumambulation, and offering—useful for reconstructing ritual choreography in premodern South Asia.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic identifier appears; the verse describes a generalizable ritual action within a prepared space.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual precision and orderly procedure are emphasized, reflecting a norm of careful stewardship of sacred objects.