Varaha Purana 211.79: Adhyaya 211, Shloka 79

Methods for the Removal of Sin and the Eulogy of Prabodhinī Ekādaśī/Dvādaśī

Devanagari script

जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु समाराध्य वृषध्वजम्॥ वैष्णवत्वं लभेत्कश्चित्सर्वपापक्शये सति॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 211.79

Transliteration

janmāntarasahasreṣu samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam || vaiṣṇavatvaṃ labhet kaścit sarvapāpakṣaye sati ||

Translation

Über Tausende anderer Geburten hinweg kann jemand, nachdem er Vṛṣadhvaja gebührend verehrt und besänftigt hat, Vaiṣṇava-Sein erlangen—wenn die Vernichtung aller Sünden eingetreten ist.

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Word by Word

• जन्म-अन्तर-सहस्रेषु: in thousands of other births
• जन्म-अन्तर-सहस्रेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समास (जन्मान्तराणां सहस्रेषु)

• समाराध्य: having worshipped/propitiated
• समाराध्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• वृषध्वजम्: the Bull-bannered one (Śiva)
• वृषध्वजम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; बहुव्रीहि (वृषः ध्वजः यस्य = ‘whose banner is the bull’, i.e., Śiva/Rudra)

• वैष्णवत्वम्: Vaiṣṇava-ness
• वैष्णवत्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णवत्व (प्रातिपदिक; -त्व तद्धित)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; अनिश्चित-प्रत्यय (indefinite pronoun)

• सर्व-पाप-क्षये: when all sins are destroyed
• सर्व-पाप-क्षये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषां पापानां क्षये)

• सति: when/while it is (so)
• सति: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस् (धातु) → सत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

Speaker

Varāha (default, instructor voice)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava Interface

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It is a notable example of Purāṇic intertextuality where an epithet associated with Rudra/Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja) appears within a Vaiṣṇava-oriented passage, reflecting shared devotional vocabularies and negotiated sectarian landscapes.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is identified; the verse is framed in terms of multiple births and moral causality.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

Long-term cultivation of worship and moral purification is presented as the condition for attaining a valued religious-ethical identity.