Varaha Purana 62.3: Adhyaya 62, Shloka 3

Instruction on the ‘Health Vow’ and the Rite of Solar Worship

Devanagari script

आदित्य भास्कर रवे भानो सूर्य दिवाकर । प्रभाकरेति सम्पूज्य एवं सम्पूज्यते रविः ॥ ६२.३ ॥

Recitation with translationVaraha Purana 62.3

Transliteration

āditya bhāskara rave bhāno sūrya divākara | prabhākareti sampūjya evaṃ sampūjyate raviḥ || 62.3 ||

Translation

Indem man Ihn ordnungsgemäß mit den Namen Āditya, Bhāskara, Ravi, Bhānu, Sūrya, Divākara und Prabhākara verehrt – so wird Ravi wahrhaftig verehrt.

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Word by Word

• आदित्य: O Āditya
• आदित्य: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भास्कर: O Bhāskara
• भास्कर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रवे: O Ravi
• रवे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भानो: O Bhānu
• भानो: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सूर्य: O Sūrya
• सूर्य: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिवाकर: O Divākara
• दिवाकर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (दिवं करोति/दिवसस्य आकरः)

• प्रभाकर: O Prabhākara
• प्रभाकर: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (प्रभां करोति)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-समाप्तिसूचक (quotative particle)

• सम्पूज्य: having duly worshipped
• सम्पूज्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), उपसर्गः सम्-; ‘having worshipped’

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: manner)

• सम्पूज्यते: is worshipped
• सम्पूज्यते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

• रविः: the Sun (Ravi)
• रविः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of passive: logical object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Varāha (default attribution; speaker not explicit in fragment)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Purāṇic Studies
• Sanskrit Philology
• Indic Hymnology

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It exemplifies a common Purāṇic liturgical pattern: honoring a deity through a sequence of epithets (nāma-stuti), reflecting shared hymnological conventions across early medieval Sanskrit textual culture.

Which geographic location is identified?

No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it focuses on devotional address through solar names rather than sacred topography.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

The verse emphasizes disciplined reverence expressed through mindful speech—using precise, honorific names as a structured practice of attention and respect.