Varaha Purana 183.35: Adhyaya 183, Shloka 35

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

Devanagari script

एवमास्नाप्य विधिवन्मम कर्मपरायणः ॥ पूर्वोक्तविधिना चैव गन्धमाल्यैश्च पूजयेत्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 183.35

Transliteration

evamāsnāpya vidhivanmama karmaparāyaṇaḥ || pūrvoktavidhinā caiva gandhamālyaiśca pūjayet

Translation

Nachdem man (das Bild) so vorschriftsgemäß gebadet hat, dem von mir verordneten Ritus ergeben, soll man — nach der zuvor genannten Weise — auch mit Düften und Blumengirlanden verehren.

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Word by Word

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

• आस्नाप्य: having bathed (him)/after bathing
• आस्नाप्य: पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-स्ना (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त-अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त-अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed/caused to bathe)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rule
• विधिवत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विधिपूर्वक (according to rule)

• मम: my
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्मपरायणः: devoted to (ritual) acts
• कर्मपरायणः: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्म-परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मणि परायणः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वोक्तविधिना: by the previously stated procedure
• पूर्वोक्तविधिना: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-उक्त-विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पूर्वं उक्तः विधिः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: सम्बन्धसूचक (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (particle)

• गन्धमाल्यैः: with perfumes and garlands
• गन्धमाल्यैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध-माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (गन्धश्च माल्यं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्धसूचक (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Varāha (default dialogue framework)

Tags

• Purāṇic Literature
• Ritual Studies
• Sanskrit Imperatives
• Cultural Heritage (worship materials)

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It documents a standardized pūjā sequence (bathing, then offerings), relevant to reconstructing historical ritual handbooks and domestic shrine practice.

Which geographic location is identified?

None; the verse concerns procedure rather than pilgrimage geography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Ritual discipline is emphasized: actions should be performed “vidhivat” (properly), suggesting care, order, and accountability in practice.