Varaha Purana 183.33: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 33

Installation of a Clay Icon (Mṛnmayārcā) and the Ritual Protocol of Worship

Devanagari script

एवं ते कथितं भूमे स्थापने मृण्मयस्य तु ॥ कथयिष्यामि ते ह्यन्यत्सर्वभागवतप्रियं

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 183.33

Transliteration

evaṃ te kathitaṃ bhūme sthāpanaṃ mṛṇmayasya tu || kathayiṣyāmi te hyanyat sarvabhāgavatapriyam

Translation

So, o Erde, ist dir die Einsetzung des irdenen Bildes erläutert worden. Ich werde dir auch noch anderes sagen, das allen Verehrern des Seligen lieb ist.

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथितम्: told/said
• कथितम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; ‘told’ as predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूमे: O Earth
• भूमे: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थापनम्: installation/placing
• स्थापनम्: कर्म (Karma/Object; topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• मृण्मयस्य: of the earthen (one/image)
• मृण्मयस्य: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc./Neut. as adjective), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: emphasis/contrast)

• कथयिष्यामि: I will tell
• कथयिष्यामि: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु, णिजन्त causative of कथ्)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्धसूचक (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: indeed/for)

• अन्यत्: another (thing)
• अन्यत्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वभागवतप्रियम्: dear to all devotees
• सर्वभागवतप्रियम्: कर्म (Karma/Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-भागवत-प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भागवतस्य प्रियं; ‘सर्व’ उपपद-विशेषण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘अन्यत्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Studies
• Sanskrit Discourse Markers

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It functions as a structural hinge in the discourse, marking completion of one ritual subsection and signaling continuation—useful for outlining chapter organization in manuscript-based editions.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is named; the address “bhūme” identifies the interlocutor as the Earth personified (Bhūmi/Pṛthivī).

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes orderly transmission of practice: ritual knowledge is presented as teachable, sequential, and to be received attentively.