Varaha Purana 192.33: Adhyaya 192, Shloka 33

Description of the Universal Peace-Recitation and the Madhuparka Rite

Uttara Bhāga · Śānti-prayoga (Protective Rite) and Madhuparka-vidhāna

Devanagari script

एतत्ते कथितं भद्रे मधुपर्कविभावनम् ॥ सर्वसंसारमोक्षार्थं यदीच्छेत्सिद्धिमुत्तमाम्

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 192.33

Transliteration

etatte kathitaṃ bhadre madhuparkavibhāvanam || sarvasaṃsāramokṣārthaṃ yadīcchetsiddhimuttamām

ITRANS transliteration

Translation

O glückverheißende Frau, dies ist dir dargelegt worden — die Vorgehensweise und Wirkkraft des Madhuparka. Wer die höchste Vollendung begehrt, soll es zum Zweck der Befreiung aus dem ganzen Kreislauf der Wiedergeburten vollziehen.

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Word by Word

• etat: this (teaching/thing)
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• te: to you
• Type: Noun
• Form: Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• kathitam: told / narrated
• Type: Verb
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: √kath (कथ् धातु) + kta (क्त)

• bhadre: O auspicious lady
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Root: bhadrā (भद्रा प्रातिपदिक)

• madhuparka-vibhāvanam: the consecration/rite of madhuparka
• Type: Noun
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (madhuparkasya vibhāvanam)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: madhuparka (मधुपर्क प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāvana (विभावन प्रातिपदिक)

• sarva-saṃsāra-mokṣa-artham: for liberation from all worldly existence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Avyayībhāva-like usage of accusative as adverbial purpose: ‘for the sake of’; compound expressing purpose (प्रयोजनार्थे)
• Role: Prayojana/Hetu (प्रयोजन/हेतु)
• Root: sarva (सर्व) + saṃsāra (संसार) + mokṣa (मोक्ष) + artha (अर्थ)

• yadi: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Form: Conditional particle (शर्त-निपात)
• Role: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)

• icchet: should desire
• Type: Verb
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
• Role: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Root: √iṣ (इष् धातु)

• siddhim: success / attainment
• Type: Noun
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
• Role: Karma (कर्म)
• Root: siddhi (सिद्धि प्रातिपदिक)

• uttamām: supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with ‘siddhim’
• Role: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Root: uttamā (उत्तमा प्रातिपदिक)

Sandhi Notes

• etatte = etat + te
• yadīcchet = yadi + icchet
• sarvasaṃsāramokṣārthaṃ analyzed as compound sarva-saṃsāra-mokṣa-artham (purpose)

Speaker and setting

Shanta and Karuna rasa

Speaker

Varāha

Bhu Devi and Varaha

In this verse

Varaha teaches her

Her state of mind

Honored (‘bhadre’), earnest about liberation

What she asks

How should madhuparka be understood and undertaken specifically for complete saṃsāra-mokṣa and highest siddhi?

The teaching

Kind of teaching

Soteriology (mokṣa-oriented karma and intention)

Subjects

Ritual PracticeEthicsSoteriology (Liberation)

Core idea

Ritual becomes a vehicle for liberation when performed with right aim (mokṣārtha) and devotion, not merely for worldly ends.

In practice

Perform the madhuparka procedure as taught, explicitly dedicating the act toward saṃsāra-mokṣa (īśvara-arpana and inner detachment).

The Varaha avatara

With the Earth

Direct address to Earth as ‘bhadre’; compassionate teacher concluding instruction aimed at mokṣa

Dharma

Cross references

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Ritual
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Sanskrit Studies

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It reflects a Purāṇic mode of integrating ritual procedure (vidhāna) with soteriological aims, showing how household or ceremonial acts are framed as contributing to liberation (mokṣa) within late-classical Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is a general instruction concerning a ritual procedure.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse frames ritual action as oriented toward liberation rather than mere worldly benefit, emphasizing intentionality and the ultimate aim of freedom from saṃsāra.