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Varaha Purana 55.22: Adhyaya 55, Shloka 22

Observance of the Auspicious Dvādaśī Vow and the Sacred Account of the Kubjākāmra Tīrtha

तस्य व्रतान्ते विश्वात्मा स्वयं प्रत्यक्षतां ययौ । तुष्टश्चोवाच भो राजन् वरो मे व्रियतां वरः ॥ ५५.२२ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 55.22

tasya vratānte viśvātmā svayaṁ pratyakṣatāṁ yayau | tuṣṭaś covāca bho rājan varo me vriyatāṁ varaḥ || 55.22 ||

Am Ende seines Gelübdes erschien der Allseele (Viśvātmā) von selbst in unmittelbarer Gegenwart. Wohlgefällig sprach Er: „O König, wähle von Mir eine Gabe – die Gabe, die du begehrst.“

tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
vrata-anteat the end of the vow
vrata-ante:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeNoun
Rootvrata + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष ‘at the end of the vow’
viśvātmāthe Universal Self (Lord)
viśvātmā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootviśva + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; epithet ‘whose self is the universe / universal self’
svayamhimself
svayam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsvayam (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; reflexive adverb ‘oneself’
pratyakṣatāmmanifestation; visibility
pratyakṣatām:
Gati-Karma (गति-कर्म/Goal of motion)
TypeNoun
Rootpratyakṣatā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun
yayauwent; came
yayau:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्/Perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Singular
tuṣṭaḥpleased
tuṣṭaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Roottuṣṭa (कृदन्त; √tuṣ धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; ‘pleased’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चय)
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvac (धातु)
FormLiṭ (लिट्/Perfect), Parasmaipada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Singular
bhoO!
bho:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbho (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; vocative particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)
rājanO king
rājan:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootrājan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular
varaḥa boon
varaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular
meof me; my
me:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormGenitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular; enclitic pronoun
vriyatāmlet (it) be chosen
vriyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootvṛ (धातु)
FormLoṭ (लोट्/Imperative), Ātmanepada, Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Singular; passive/impersonal sense ‘let it be chosen’
varaḥboon
varaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootvara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; apposition/emphasis

Varāha (default speaker per primary dialogue framework; the manifesting 'viśvātmā' addresses the king)

C
Classical Literature
P
Purāṇic Narrative
V
Vaiṣṇavism
D
Dharma and Vrata

FAQs

It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative pattern in which successful completion of a vrata culminates in a direct epiphanic encounter and the granting of a boon, illustrating the literary linkage between ethical/ritual discipline and royal legitimacy.

No geographic location is named in this verse fragment; it is primarily a dialogue moment centered on the completion of a vow and the offering of a boon.

The verse foregrounds disciplined completion of a vowed observance (vrata) and presents the ideal of measured desire: the recipient is invited to choose a boon thoughtfully rather than impulsively.

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