Varaha Purana 44.6: Adhyaya 44, Shloka 6

The Vaiśākha Bright-Twelfth Observance: Worship of Hari as Jāmadagnya and Its Fruits

Devanagari script

दक्षिणे परशुं हस्ते तस्य देवस्य कारयेत् । सर्वगन्धैश्च सम्पूज्य पुष्पैर्नानाविधैः शुभैः ॥ ४४.६ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 44.6

Transliteration

dakṣiṇe paraśuṃ haste tasya devasya kārayet | sarvagandhaiś ca sampūjya puṣpair nānāvidhaiḥ śubhaiḥ || 44.6 ||

Translation

In der rechten Hand dieser Gottheit soll man eine Axt (paraśu) anfertigen lassen; und nachdem man sie ordnungsgemäß mit allerlei Düften verehrt hat, soll man (sie auch) mit vielen Arten glückverheißender Blumen verehren.

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Word by Word

• dakṣiṇe: in the right (hand)
• dakṣiṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; haste इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• paraśum: an axe
• paraśum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paraśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• haste: in the hand
• haste: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• tasya: of that (deity)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• devasya: of the god
• devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• kārayet: should make/arrange
• kārayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + णिच् (causative) → kāray (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative ‘should cause to be made/should place (by having made)’

• sarva-gandhaiḥ: with all fragrances
• sarva-gandhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + gandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sarva-gandha ‘all perfumes/fragrances’), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• sampūjya: having worshipped fully
• sampūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√pūj (धातु) + ल्यप् (absolutive)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• puṣpaiḥ: with flowers
• puṣpaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• nānā-vidhaiḥ: of various kinds
• nānā-vidhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (nānā-vidha ‘various kinds’), पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; puṣpaiḥ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious
• śubhaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; puṣpaiḥ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Varāha

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Temple Iconography

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It preserves a concise purāṇic witness to image-making and worship protocols—useful for correlating textual prescriptions with historical temple iconography and ritual practice in South Asia.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific location is named in this verse-fragment; it functions as a general liturgical/ikonographic instruction rather than a site-specific māhātmya passage.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes careful, orderly honoring of cultural-religious artifacts through proper preparation and respectful offering (fragrances and flowers), framed as disciplined ritual conduct.