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Varaha Purana 40.9: Adhyaya 40, Shloka 9

Ritual Procedure for the Kūrma Dvādaśī Observance

अनेकजन्मान्तरसंचितानि नश्यन्ति पापानि नरस्य भक्त्या । प्रागुक्तरूपं तु फलं भवेत नारायणस्तुष्टिमायाति सद्यः ॥ ४०.९ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 40.9

anekajanmāntarasaṃcitāni naśyanti pāpāni narasya bhaktyā | prāguktarūpaṃ tu phalaṃ bhaveta nārāyaṇas tuṣṭim āyāti sadyaḥ || 40.9 ||

Durch die Bhakti (hingebungsvolle Verehrung) des Menschen werden die über viele Geburten angesammelten Sünden vernichtet. Die zuvor genannte Frucht wird gewiss eintreten; und Nārāyaṇa ist sogleich zufrieden.

अनेकजन्मान्तरसंचितानिaccumulated over many births
अनेकजन्मान्तरसंचितानि:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेक-जन्म-अन्तर-संचित (प्रातिपदिक; अनेक + जन्म + अन्तर + संचित)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (पापानि); समासः बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘अनेकजन्मान्तरैः संचितानि’ (accumulated through many births)
नश्यन्तिperish
नश्यन्ति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√नश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
पापानिsins
पापानि:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
नरस्यof a man
नरस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भक्त्याby devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्रागुक्तरूपम्of the form described earlier
प्रागुक्तरूपम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राक्-उक्त-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; प्राक् + उक्त + रूप)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (फलम्); समासः तत्पुरुषः: ‘प्राक् उक्तं रूपं यस्य’ (having the form stated earlier)
तुindeed
तु:
Nipata (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात
फलम्result
फलम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भवेत्would be/should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
नारायणःNārāyaṇa
नारायणः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तुष्टिम्satisfaction
तुष्टिम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
आयातिcomes/attains
आयाति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-√या (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
सद्यःimmediately
सद्यः:
Kala (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (immediately)

Varāha (default dialogue framework; speaker not explicit in excerpt)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Studies
V
Vaiṣṇavism
S
Sanskrit Philology

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It reflects a common Purāṇic ethical-soteriological theme: devotion (bhakti) as an efficacious practice capable of neutralizing accumulated karmic negativity, illustrating the devotional turn in later Sanskrit religious literature.

No geographic location is named in this verse; the focus is doctrinal (pāpa-kṣaya through bhakti) rather than sacred geography.

The verse emphasizes devotion as a transformative discipline: sustained bhakti is presented as a means to overcome long-accumulated wrongdoing and to align the practitioner with the text’s ideal of divine approval.

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